swears in

verb

present tense third-person singular of swear in
as in confirms

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  1. confirms
  2. initiates
  3. affirms
  4. installs
  5. validates
  6. inaugurates
  7. lets
  8. permits
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  • According to a news release, a new agreement confirms that the UG and Wyandotte County Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will keep jurisdiction over all ancillary development surrounding the stadium.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Wrap confirms that a fifth installment in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise is on the way.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of confirms
Verb
  • If the release of taurine initiates NLRP3 inflammation, would supplementing the macrophages with taurine stop inflammation?
    — Kristel Tjandra, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Archdiocese initiates church investigation The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas issued a statement Tuesday responding to Storey’s guilty plea.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiates
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  • Hence the gorgeous moment when Mi-ok joins Ho-seok for a nightcap under the stars—secret moonshine—and affirms that, in the face of insurmountable problems, enduring them together is their only solution.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Cosmic Symphony memorializes the instruments, honors their journeys, and affirms the resilience of the human spirit.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of affirms
Verb
  • Whether Adobe strikes ArtCraft down or Anthropic installs more guardrails onto its models to prevent reverse engineering, AI is here to stay, and so are AI apps.
    — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
  • To combat inertia, the team installs the Alluminox platform in hospitals free of charge, and charge them only a minimal fee per use.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of installs
Verb
  • Each team checks its own systems, validates availability, assesses cost impact, secures approvals and manually triggers updates across downstream systems.
    — Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • If further testing validates the approach, the Army could gain more flexibility from its existing launchers and munitions while preparing future precision fires systems for increasingly mobile battlefield threats.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of validates
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  • Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane.
    — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inaugurates
Verb
  • Forgotten Bakery also lets its customers craft their own bagel sandwiches.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Stokes recommends that users turn off the option that lets Meta train its AI on conversations, and periodically review what the assistant has saved about them.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of lets
Verb
  • Mississippi also permits mail-in ballots that arrive within five days after Election Day, so long as they were postmarked by Election Day, to be counted.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Arkansas law permits gambling within certain limits, such as an age minimum of 21 years old for electronic wagering accounts.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of permits
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