swotting

present participle of swot, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swotting
Verb
  • After studying her pictures, Walter realized that the corona was not homogeneous.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • One telling sequence early on has the children studying in a classroom featuring depictions of Mohammed, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Buddha and Confucius, highlighting to what extent the Bujang Valley had been a melting pot of cultures and religions.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although further studies – such as carbon dating – are needed to determine its exact age, the team estimated the crater’s formation period by analyzing its geological structure and the extent of erosion.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers found the pathogens — Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, respectively — by analyzing teeth from the fallen soldiers who were found in a mass grave uncovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So cramming those two tones together is a hard thing to do.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.
    Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In low, incantatory voices, the lamas were reading from The Tibetan Book of the Dead, encouraging my grandmother to move forward without fear in the bardo between death and rebirth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Keep reading to find pairs in trendy seasonal colors, back-in-fashion boat shoes, and of course, fall boots, starting at $39.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Malcolm doesn’t take the rejection personally, deducing that Ellen is still grieving.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Another aspect to note is that most of the beef coming from Argentina would fall in the lean grinding beef category.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That hypnotizing aroma may be one thing, but there is actually a science to grinding coffee.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • De Pablo and Weatherly then reunited for the Paramount+ spinoff, which sees their characters on the run across Europe after finding out that someone is targeting them and their daughter.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The lukewarm homecoming turns worse after finding out about a new spell that can turn humans to witches, which threatens her family’s top-dog standing.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This year, during their time in the class, students also participate in volunteer activities, like grave cleaning, to give back to the community while learning about the city’s history, Gavagan said.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Employees like our new machine learning engineer will be able to keep working productively, but their salary will benefit another country.
    Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Swotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swotting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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