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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
Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tackled his first major test since he was sworn into office, readying the city for a historic winter storm that dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas over the weekend.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Medical staff are sworn to treat the injured, not pass political judgment.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, emphasized the funding to support sworn hiring to continue this year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
The pair started out as police cadets before they were sworn into OPD.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Amid a cold drizzle, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday at the state Capitol as Virginia’s first female governor after centuries of men holding the state’s top office.
—Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Saturday, Ghazala Hashmi will become the lieutenant governor and the first Muslim woman sworn into a statewide office in the country.
—Margaret Barthel, NPR, 16 Jan. 2026
Even before being sworn into office in January 2022, Adams was a crypto booster and promised to take his first three mayoral checks in Bitcoin.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
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Video evidence and sworn witness testimony indicate Pretti approached law enforcement during their altercation with other civilians, filming the incident on his phone but never taking out his gun or acting violently toward officers.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tackled his first major test since he was sworn into office, readying the city for a historic winter storm that dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas over the weekend.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Medical staff are sworn to treat the injured, not pass political judgment.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, emphasized the funding to support sworn hiring to continue this year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
The pair started out as police cadets before they were sworn into OPD.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Amid a cold drizzle, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday at the state Capitol as Virginia’s first female governor after centuries of men holding the state’s top office.
—Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Saturday, Ghazala Hashmi will become the lieutenant governor and the first Muslim woman sworn into a statewide office in the country.
—Margaret Barthel, NPR, 16 Jan. 2026
Even before being sworn into office in January 2022, Adams was a crypto booster and promised to take his first three mayoral checks in Bitcoin.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sworn
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Since mid-2025, federal immigration agents, including ICE officers, have shot at people at least 16 times during enforcement operations, resulting in multiple injuries and four confirmed deaths.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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So far, among the confirmed returning cast members of the Emmy-winning series, in addition to Sudeikis, are Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Juno Temple (Keeley Jones), Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard).—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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As spectators, we are cursed to be onlookers — powerless to help, despite our desire to.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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They are obligated to live in a state of unceasing anxiety, superstition, and fear of their team being cursed.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Machado has vowed to return to Venezuela and has called for elections to replace Maduro.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pittsburgh has vowed to build around a pitching staff that includes reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes and rookie Bubba Chandler.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ballard testified that a pair of bloodstained gloves recovered near Ibarra’s home contained mostly Laken Riley’s DNA, along with DNA from at least one other unidentified individual, but did not contain Ibarra’s DNA.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The woman testified that she was asked by her aunt, who is related to Karla Garcia, to pretend to be Jacqueline.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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She was pronounced dead at the scene, and her cause of death was later determined to be blunt force trauma to the head, the Athens-Clarke County Coroner’s Office and Morgue confirmed to PEOPLE.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Two years later, Poppy is determined to get them back on track.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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Yet Senate Democrats have promised to derail its passage ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline unless the DHS portion is renegotiated.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Jan. 2026
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The pieces toast up crisp, but when served over warm soup, channel the gooeyness promised from the center of a fried slab.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 2025
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The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.—
Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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The company has pledged to build one home for underinsured families for every 10 homes built in Los Angeles.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Coalition members also agreed to carry on with long-term military support for Ukraine and pledged defense cooperation, including training, defense production and intelligence sharing.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Sworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sworn. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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