swore in

Definition of swore innext
past tense of swear in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swore in
Verb
  • Investigators are working to determine whether Saturday's deadly shooting in Beaver Falls is related to shots fired in Aliquippa at Valley Terrace on Monday night, Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible confirmed.
    Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His decision to plead guilty was confirmed by three people familiar with it.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Avantor has initiated a search for the next CFO.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Ledet initiated wellness checks on Lofton, but he was never taken into custody or required to seek treatment until his 2025 arrest.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Federal employees receive 11 of the days off per calendar year, plus an additional day when a new president is inaugurated.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Now, almost two decades later, King Charles has finally inaugurated the footpath – 80% of which is open to the public, with the remainder set to be completed by the end of the year.
    Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • That kind of focus affirmed her in a way that gave her a lifeline at that time in her young life, one with a history with homelessness and going through foster care and adoption.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • These artifacts affirmed that writing was both a life-spanning enterprise and a way of life.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Dowman, just like Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri before him, is not permitted to get changed in the same dressing room as the Arsenal first-team due to safeguarding rules.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Grace Broeder, architect on the project, said the project has been permitted, but a construction date hasn’t been set.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Parks also connected with musician Lucy Dacus, who similarly validated her decisions.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The proof-of-concept has already been validated, and the product is now entering the industrialization phase.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Kelly Wachel, the district’s chief communications officer, told The Star that Park Hill is unsure what a second, broader limit to property tax revenue could mean for their schools if approved by voters.
    Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Would Eugène Viollet-le-Duc have approved?
    David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Swore in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swore%20in. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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