sworn 1 of 2

Definition of swornnext

sworn

2 of 2

verb

past participle of swear
1
as in cursed
to use offensive or indecent language no one is allowed to swear in this house

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2
3
as in testified
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence

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Recent Examples of sworn
Adjective
Officers held an emotional sendoff for the employees, women who worked in the records department in non-sworn positions. — Veronica MacIas, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Athens joins Georgia towns navigating Flock On Friday, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department announced the termination of Nick Barker, the Criminal Intelligence Analyst Supervisor and a non-sworn civilian employee for misusing Flock technology. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Gearhart now works as a non-sworn detention deputy at the Denver Contract Detention Facility, also known as the Aurora ICE Processing Center, which is operated by The Geo Group. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 Gillum then returned to the Chapel Hill police department as a non-sworn employee before leaving for another job by the end of that year, Alex Carrasquillo, communications manager for the Town of Chapel Hill, told CNN. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Gillum returned to the Chapel Hill Police Department as a non-sworn employee in 2024 before leaving later that year. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 State law requires public schools to have either a law enforcement officer or a non-sworn armed guardian. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 At the time, Samuel Machado was a lieutenant with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and his wife, Tammy Machado, was a non-sworn administrative employee. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 And yet, despite that, there had been the weight gain, just enough for the zipper on the Balenciaga to become her sworn enemy. — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
In Florida, as in Washington, the best constitutions are only as effective as the good faith of the people sworn to enforce them. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026 Prediction markets are also expected to face heightened scrutiny once the Democratic Congress is sworn into office in January. — Davis Giangiulio,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026 All year, these Democrats have sworn that they are focused on helping to win races in a midterm election that their party describes as existential. — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Those copious field reports, sworn affidavits, and telegrams signed, alarmingly, HOOVER, would fascinate, enrage, and unmoor me. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Time to get out of her vehicle and meet the people she’s sworn to protect. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 After all, Apple and Google are sworn frenemies, dragging each other in the press while simultaneously holding multi-billion-dollar entanglements behind the scenes. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 The pair are generational talents in the world of professional hockey and sworn on-ice rivals, who meet as teenagers. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Weeks later, after launching her mayoral campaign, Raman went on NBC4 and declared that city leaders need to maintain the size of the LAPD and keep sworn staffing from getting smaller. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sworn
Adjective
  • But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The confirmed case inside an elementary school has some Harford County residents concerned about the presence of wildlife in the community.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One social media post suggested Buckeyes staff members may have cursed at Riley’s wife and children, triggering the coach’s reaction directed toward Bjork.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The family had a different version of the incident, alleging that Lawhorn repeatedly cursed at Rusher.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Kalshi also vowed to list contracts only after a trial had completed enrollment and to use employee verification technology for all traders participating in the markets.
    — Karen James Sloan,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Iran has vowed retaliation for any renewal of the American-Israeli war against it and has threatened to expand its response beyond the Middle East.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • During a nine-hour-long public hearing on Thursday, dozens of people testified against construction of the arch.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuits allege that Ouellette, who was 18 at the time, bought alcohol at Edgewood before attending a party at the Schultz Corporation, where multiple witnesses in the criminal trial testified that there was underage drinking.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • However, some executives remain determined to maintain a physical presence, believing that showing up during a crisis could give them a competitive advantage.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • That person was later determined to be dead, according to Nowels.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Fusion energy has long promised virtually limitless, low-carbon power by mimicking the physical reactions that fuel the Sun.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Why were taxpayers paying consultants to commute when their firms had promised to staff the project locally?
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The Beach Boys’ touring machine has been going nearly nonstop for the last 65 or so years, as Stamos and Christian Love noted in the intro, driven by Mike as one of pop music’s most inveterate and even seemingly compulsive tourers.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • An inveterate performer, Carvey gave off a sense of perpetual people-pleasing, and the results were undeniably popular and hilarious, as the laughs echoed throughout his sketches.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The city has pledged to use the new tax revenue first to add paramedics to its fire crews.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty pledged to alert school districts when the city learns of nearby federal immigration enforcement activity, reversing his earlier position after mounting pressure from school officials.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

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“Sworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sworn. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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