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swotting

verb

present participle of swot, British
as in studying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swotting
  1. studying
  2. analyzing
  3. cramming
  4. reading
  5. deducing
  6. grinding
  7. finding out
  8. learning
Verb
  • After studying the scouting report on the reliever during a pitching change, Jones got a hold of one and crushed a 423-foot, three-run blast in Tuesday’s win.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Graphs of Different Flavors In the late 1950s, the American mathematician Edgar Gilbert was studying telephone networks at Bell Labs.
    — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of studying
Verb
  • Hunschofsky, the new leader of House Democrats, emphasized how Republican leaders spent virtually no time analyzing the implications of Amendment 3.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the new instructional technology task force met for the first time at the start of the month to begin analyzing current practices, along with gathering research and feedback.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of analyzing
Verb
  • The same push toward cramming AI into every corner is also happening on Windows 11, where Microsoft Copilot promises to be helpful.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The common thread among them is many, many hours spent cramming parenting and their careers into each day.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cramming
Verb
  • One of my most vivid memories of my time with All That is Left of Life is not a translation memory at all, but of reading it for the very first time.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • No one should be reading the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Barnyard Recruitment Manual without appropriate ID.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of reading
Verb
  • Both these properties are important tools for deducing the age and origin of the comet.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The ending unfolds in a broadly similar way in both versions, with Bundle deducing that Loraine killed Gerry.
    — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Definition of deducing
Verb
  • Early in-person voting opened Friday in Virginia and other states, launching a six-week sprint that will decide control of Congress amid a grinding Iran war and soaring living costs.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The staff was washing meat cutting and grinding equipment and skipping the sanitizer step.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • The lawsuit claims Uber failed to discover during a background check, or take action after finding out, that Arroyo had a previous criminal history.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • What was the difference between knowing abstractly and finding out that your grandfather's grandfather was enslaved?
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of finding out
Verb
  • Steen had learning problems and had begun using drugs at 12 or 13, and his difficulties worsened after the motorcycle accident.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There’s Kui Lei-making, where visitors hear the history of the lei while learning to sew one; traditional bamboo stamp printing; or coconut frond weaving, which Native Hawaiians have practiced for millennia.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of learning
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“Swotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swotting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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