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as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent
swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
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as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
can't you express your frustration without using swears?
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Recent Examples of swear
Charles Maynes, NPR, 2 June 2025
On May 19, Boker, Ellis and Jones were sworn into office.
—Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
Kris Holt, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Another shows a Russian serviceman swearing into the camera as planes burn behind him.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 2 June 2025
On May 19, Boker, Ellis and Jones were sworn into office.
—Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
Noun
The station asked the band not to include the swears.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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His largest fine of the season was $100,000 due to cursing during an interview.—
James Jackson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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For women athletes and coaches, however, any forms of yelling, cursing, or displaying extreme forms of aggression during competition is met with far less acceptance, as these behaviors don't align with socialized beliefs about femininity.—
Lindsey Darvin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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In short, exosomes are promising in theory, mysterious in practice, and poorly regulated in reality.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Wired News,
30 May 2025
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Trump has promised mass deportations and has moved to roll back Biden-era immigration policies.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Recalling her birthday in 2023, Jane testified that Combs took her out to dinner and seemed loving and sweet.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Along with her participation in the freak-offs, this also included, Jane testified, instances where she was asked to fly with drugs for Combs.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
Noun
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And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus of budget appliances failing before their time.—
Virginia Konchan,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024
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My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.—
Jim Meddleton,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2024
Verb
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Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2024
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Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.—
Hasan Ali,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Aug. 2023
Verb
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Organizers of Budapest Pride, which draws tens of thousands annually and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, have vowed that the event will go on as planned despite the threat of legal sanctions.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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On the Democratic side, senators have vowed to not discuss stadium funding until the state approves more money for victims of the St. Louis-area tornadoes.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
Verb
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But a groundswell of protest art was answering the call with a new kind of ardent feeling that damned the false piety and hypocrisy of homophobic Christian doctrine.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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In theory, the Cavs could damn the torpedoes for a span of two seasons before the real, lasting damage from the second apron hits in the form of a frozen draft pick that is moved to the end of the 2033 first round.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Signatories pledged to halve emissions, but efforts are hard to quantify.—
Lea Lane,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Once the case in Romania concludes, authorities pledged to honor the UK's request to extradite them to face trial in Britain for the separate allegations of rape and human trafficking involving different women between 2012 and 2015.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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