swotting

present participle of swot, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swotting
Verb
  • Plates and plumes The problem with studying the formation of continents is that the geological evidence of this process is almost gone.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
  • The robot was shown footage of professional footballers performing drills and movements, studying the mechanics of the sport the way a player might review game tape.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Following the exercise, the Royal Navy capability team and the Air and Space Warfare Centre began analyzing the results, with additional testing potentially planned aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
  • How that’s judged will look different than some expect, particularly when analyzing F2 results and his F1 practice outings.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • This is an impressive chip, cramming nearly 100 billion transistors onto a piece of silicon roughly the size of a fingernail.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The trip took 76 days, with van Dongen splitting time between hours on his bike and cramming into an RV in parks and towns around the country.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Kelce's vows were equally long, bringing the vow reading alone to well over half an hour.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 6 July 2026
  • Keep reading to find out what makes this outdoor kitchen worthy of adding to your space.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
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
Verb
  • The hike includes the park’s east side on the Grasslands Trail, which leads to a Kumeyaay grinding rocks site and the scenic Old Mission Dam overlook.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026
  • Those particles may have been grinding in the joint, causing mechanical wear on the cobalt-chromium femoral head that released cobalt into the surrounding tissue and bloodstream.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • With the news that Assad had fled the country came the hope of finding out their fates.
    Sally Hayden, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • What was your reaction to finding out that your character was going to die like that?
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • After learning that her friend Shannon’s mother has died in a car accident, Elle is suddenly facing her first real encounter with grief and, unable to sit with it, throws herself into planning the memorial, down to selecting the music.
    Angelina Mazza, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Doctors suspected rabies after learning the boy had direct contact with a bat weeks earlier.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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“Swotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swotting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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