swotting

Definition of swottingnext
present participle of swot, British
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Verb
  • Then again, the protagonist might be Hannes (Enzo Brumm), a former farm boy studying at the same school in 1972.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Thorsen helped lead research for the CDC studying infant disabilities, according to prosecutors.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Fresh Take Florida reporters spent months analyzing a dataset of players in Florida who claimed big scratch-off prizes.
    Jack Jankowski, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • NewsNation reported in April that the FBI was analyzing new evidence that included hairs found in Guthrie's home, according to a source close to the investigation.
    Sarah Lapidus, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • If a dozen new works over four days isn’t enough, try cramming 50 plays by 50 playwrights into a single day.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • The Halfday Convertible 2-in-1 Garment Duffel Bag will help avoid cramming extra clothes into your main bag, which usually leads to everything getting messy and disorganized.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The simultaneous intimacy and distance of reading allowed personal reflection to become her new habit.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
  • The University of Michigan on Friday reported another record low consumer sentiment reading.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 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
  • Their experiments confirmed that adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This stock was a disaster from May 2025 through the November lows near $48, losing roughly half its value in a grinding downtrend.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But parenthood offers you this opportunity to burn your entire life down in sacrifice to finding out what’s real.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Griffin recalls the moment Ahead of his debut, Griffin met with reporters to discuss his career up to this point, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and finding out he was getting promoted to the Big Leagues.
    Patrick Damp, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The building will have a gym, a gross motor room with play equipment for the youngest students, a two-story library with reading nooks, a learning hub able to accommodate two classes at a time, and an outdoor area with patio furniture.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Dex’s focus on AI software developers and machine learning engineers has helped the company win over a clutch of high-profile recruiting leaders.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Swotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swotting. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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