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Definition of swornnext

sworn

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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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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
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
What was sworn to be the final chapter in a revolutionary trilogy, the shift in tone from the first two installments can be attributed to a change in writers. Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 De la Espriella, who was sworn into office in August, has promised to tackle crime and recently canceled peace talks that Colombia’s government had been staging with various rebel groups. ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Before Santos was sworn into office in 2023, doubts about his biography had emerged. Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Rather, the crisis of the Lincoln has illuminated a pattern of callousness and cruelty toward military personnel, people who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Despite the enormous amount of content surrounding the trial, the jurors deciding Clancy's fate are sworn to not watch or read coverage of the case. Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Graham was sworn into office as her sibling's interim replacement and is now running to be his full-time replacement for a full term beginning in 2027. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Under the current system, pretrial service employees, not sworn law enforcement officers, oversee compliance. Eileen Burke, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Fehr played Ardeth Bay, the leader of the secret society of elite warriors known as the Medjai who are sworn to protect Egypt from the franchise’s undead antagonist. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sworn
Adjective
  • The Ebola outbreak centered in the eastern Ituri province is the fastest-growing in the disease’s history and remains out of control with 5,713 confirmed cases, including 2,744 deaths, according to Congolese health authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Elliott matter-of-factly told the story about his name, as well the later discovery through 23andMe of his biological father’s likely identity and the confirmed existence of many half siblings, just by pushing a button.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the ghosts of flower power rose from their graves and cursed the entire Sex Squadron with a thundercloud of paranoia from all the bad acid trips ever to hit Haight-Ashbury.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rework the proposal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents Altadena, vowed to make accountability her goal as the board moves forward.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In a news release, Zahnd’s office said Johnson, who was employed by the Kansas City Police Department for about a decade until 2014, took the stand during the trial and testified in his own defense, saying that Barnett threatened his life.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Nick’s siblings Jake and Romy testified before the grand jury that indicted him on murder charges.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • For his part, BYU coach Kalani Sitake is determined to ensure Cougars fans can have more to brag about in the future, demanding that his program receive more financial support from the athletic department and university.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two of the drama’s whopping 53 nominations were for Seehorn’s portrayal of determined attorney Kim Wexler.
    Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The president has promised dozens more trips in the coming weeks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • These cities and towns promised better jobs, cheaper homes, less traffic and higher quality of life, outweighing Florida’s allure of tropical weather and ease of getting by on Spanish alone.
    Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The cast features not just the creator, who makes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype her own as ukulele troubadour Lulu, but also a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey in the wild role of an inveterate womanizer.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the guest section, apparently at the invitation of one of the liberal Justices, sat Robert De Niro, an inveterate Trump critic.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rutte pledged to bolster the 32-nation alliance's defenses along its long eastern border with Russia and with Belarus, a Russian ally.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The government has also pledged to move migrants from hotels and rooming houses — often in poorer neighborhoods — into more suitable accommodation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Sworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sworn. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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