swotted

past tense of swot, British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swotted
Verb
  • Balogun found out about the decision in a team meeting Sunday, a source familiar with the situation said.
    Monica Alba, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Preston found out on her own that having the APOE4 gene is serious.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • For couples trying to build a life that feels both grounded and inspired, Charlotte makes a strong case for itself.
    Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Every supporting cast member pops, Zimmer’s score is ominously tense, and the action sequences are grounded and effective.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • In April, prices for residential construction materials, excluding energy, rose at their fastest pace in three years, according to government data analyzed by the National Association of Homebuilders.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • When Fortune analyzed Chesky’s thread through AI-detection tool Pangram, the system flagged it as 100% AI-generated.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • In other words, there’s not much to be deduced here, unlike the extensive notes which accompanied the release of AirPods Pro 3 last fall.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Knowing the entire sequence — the order of all 3 billion or so of our DNA’s chemical building blocks, nearly fully deduced by the international Human Genome Project between 1990 and 2003 — hasn’t helped much.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Nationally, 61% of the 160 metro areas Pew studied were classified as somewhat or very unaffordable for young buyers in 2024 — up from just 41% in 2019.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The university’s shark lab, which has studied shark behavior and ecology for 60 years, will probably survive.
    Kori McNair, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
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“Swotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swotted. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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