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as in cursed
to use offensive or indecent language
no one is allowed to swear in this house
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as in vowed
to make a solemn declaration of intent
swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
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Recent Examples of sworn
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Because the district leans heavily Democratic, whoever wins the primary is all but guaranteed to be sworn into Congress next year.
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Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Law-enforcement officers are sworn to serve the public; repossessors work for banks.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Founded in 1978, the auxiliary supports sworn officers at accidents sites and natural disasters and other emergences by providing crowd control and traffic direction.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
He was sworn into office in 2019 and was re-elected for a full term in 2022.
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Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Victor Lindelof’s pre-match comments smacked of bombast and confidence, the sort of words which are said but not meant, platitudes used to motivate rather than to be sworn under oath.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
If elected to new offices, they would both be sworn into roles in the first week of 2027, leaving their seats behind the Sacramento dais vacant.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
Seven graduates are joining the military, including senior Jacob Diaz, who has already sworn into the United States Marine Corps.
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Melissa Candy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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.
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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.
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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.
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Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
Despite knowing Eleven’s fate in the Netflix series, Brown has a pact with the show’s creator, the Duffer Brothers, and is sworn to secrecy.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Because the district leans heavily Democratic, whoever wins the primary is all but guaranteed to be sworn into Congress next year.
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Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Law-enforcement officers are sworn to serve the public; repossessors work for banks.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Founded in 1978, the auxiliary supports sworn officers at accidents sites and natural disasters and other emergences by providing crowd control and traffic direction.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
He was sworn into office in 2019 and was re-elected for a full term in 2022.
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Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Victor Lindelof’s pre-match comments smacked of bombast and confidence, the sort of words which are said but not meant, platitudes used to motivate rather than to be sworn under oath.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
If elected to new offices, they would both be sworn into roles in the first week of 2027, leaving their seats behind the Sacramento dais vacant.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
Seven graduates are joining the military, including senior Jacob Diaz, who has already sworn into the United States Marine Corps.
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Melissa Candy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sworn
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While there's no confirmed location, yet, experts have been able to rule out a few possibilities.
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The confirmed tornado moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people in Garfield County near the state's northern border, according to the National Weather Service.
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The Cubs lost 8-6 and the cheers turned to jeers and swears as relief pitcher Jacob Webb cursed his own performance after the game.
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As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
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Starmer had previously vowed to stand in any formal Labour leadership race triggered by rebel lawmakers who feating a 2029 election wipeout sought to replace him.
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Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is up.
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Blair Vogler, the council member’s wife, testified that the attack left her husband with second- and third-degree burns across 60% of his body.
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Chernyshova testified that Weinstein arrived uninvited to her hotel room during the 2013 LA Italia Film Festival and assaulted her.
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If Socrates is the intellectual hero of the ancient world, and Jesus the spiritual hero, Odysseus—hardened, brutal, grief-struck, determined to reclaim his home—is the human hero, the whole man.
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Pilots will stop at nine pre-determined airports in between the start and finish line with stops in Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin.
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Like Eastern, the airline promised passengers that if a flight was full, the shuttle would roll out a second plane – even for just one passenger.
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Republicans promised to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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The inveterate white supremacist Woodrow Wilson mouthed anti-colonial rhetoric before reverting to form at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
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The far-outside post doesn’t compromise this inveterate deep closer, but a lack of pace up front definitely will.
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Just why so many of the game’s manufacturers have all pledged to pink simultaneously is a little less obvious, explains New Balance head of product for soccer Rob Sheldon.
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Farage has pledged to freeze non-essential immigration, slash taxes and cut down on government waste.
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“Sworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sworn. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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