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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
Malia Griggs, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
May 8 would mark 180 days, meaning that the seat could remain vacant until next November when the regular election is held, or next January when councilors are sworn into office, if Fernandes Anderson does not resign by that time.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
July Carry-On Pro, $325 Mystery Ranch Our editor in chief swears by this handsome 45 L Mystery Ranch Mission Rover for many reasons.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Schwartz and Glamour West Coast senior editor Jessica Radloff swear by them too.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
May 8 would mark 180 days, meaning that the seat could remain vacant until next November when the regular election is held, or next January when councilors are sworn into office, if Fernandes Anderson does not resign by that time.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
July Carry-On Pro, $325 Mystery Ranch Our editor in chief swears by this handsome 45 L Mystery Ranch Mission Rover for many reasons.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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Identical twins Hal and Bill (both Theo James) have been cursed by the mysterious monkey toy since childhood; their father tried to vanquish it to no avail.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the source material, Galactus is the lone survivor of a dead universe cursed with a bottomless hunger for the energy form living worlds.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nintendo promises faster load times on Switch 2, with smoother frame rates and improved graphics.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Then, his administration promised a peace deal within the first 100 days.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Witnesses in the trial included Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman who pleaded guilty last year and testified for the government.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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James Bennet, the editor who wrote parts of the piece at the center of the lawsuit, testified on April 17 and got emotional while apologizing to Palin, according to the Associated Press.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 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
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This year, the US military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on the northern tip of the Philippine archipelago, just across the strait from Taiwan, a self-governing democracy Beijing has vowed to take by force if necessary.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite the opposition, Lawler has vowed to hold live town halls in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, rejecting the advice of GOP leadership to skip the public meetings that have been lightning rods for raucous criticism of Trump’s controversial agenda.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Winners: The flappers' defenders — many of them men — noted the unfair double-standard that damned young women for doing the same things that young men had always done.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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The idea of everyone clamoring to get a severance chip, only to damn a part of themselves to an eternal life of suffering, is incredibly bleak.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump has pledged to conduct widespread deportations as his administration looks to remove millions of undocumented immigrants.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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After years of hefty borrowing and financial decisions that have strained public services, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has pledged to be more financially responsible with its taxpayers’ dollars.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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