swearing in

verb

present participle of swear in
as in installing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swearing in
  1. initiating
  2. confirming
  3. affirming
  4. inaugurating
  5. validating
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  • Truist analyst Christopher Souther is initiating coverage of CCJ with a buy rating and a $129 target.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Thanks to some painful moments at the pump in the first half of 2026, the IRS took the unusual step of initiating a new standard mileage rate for the second half of the year.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of initiating
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  • Landing on the list does require some safeguards, such as confirming where ingredients come from and testing them for contamination.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • OpenAI followed with a July 21 blog post confirming its models were the culprits.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of confirming
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  • The framing echoes allegations by the Department of Justice that gender-affirming care providers collude with drugmakers, as Autonomy News reporter Garnet Henderson pointed out.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 21 July 2026
  • Due to the show’s popularity, the line between fiction and reality has blurred for its young cast, and not always in such affirming ways.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of affirming
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  • The French leader and others were inaugurating a statue honoring Capt.
    — Masha Macpherson, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Britain’s oppression invited the people to take charge of their government, inaugurating a period of broader political participation.
    — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of inaugurating
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  • Gartner is validating the thesis this week too, naming Innovaccer a leader in its first ever healthcare technology Magic Quadrant, ranked above Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Salesforce on vision and execution.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • Jobs are shifting from operating software to managing a hybrid workforce of humans and agents—setting goals, validating outputs, and stepping in when judgment is required.
    — Girija Krishnamurthy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of validating
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“Swearing in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swearing%20in. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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