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Recent Examples of swear in
In 2008, months before he was sworn in to his San Diego council seat, the city Ethics Commission fined DeMaio $1,500 for wrongly soliciting donations from city employees.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Within hours of Trump being sworn in office in January, Milley’s portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs was removed from the Pentagon.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Crawford is to be sworn in on Aug. 1, to serve a term of ten years.
—Anya Van Wagtendonk, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
The motion, in less than a page, requests that Cannone set guidelines for examining both the criminal records and internet and social media searches for potential jurors before they are sworn in.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Within hours of Trump being sworn in office in January, Milley’s portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs was removed from the Pentagon.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Crawford is to be sworn in on Aug. 1, to serve a term of ten years.
—Anya Van Wagtendonk, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
The motion, in less than a page, requests that Cannone set guidelines for examining both the criminal records and internet and social media searches for potential jurors before they are sworn in.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear in
Verb
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He was pronounced dead by a physician at 6:05 p.m., the South Carolina Department of Corrections confirmed to CBS News.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An official familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News that days after Vance's visit, Col. Sussanah Meyers wrote an email to base personnel that distanced the base from some of the vice president's comments about Denmark, of which Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The wall-mount toilet is easy to install.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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Hartford Courant Another option is to install an above-ground macerating toilet.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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Russia has initiated its largest military draft in 14 years as reports indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a spring assault on Ukraine despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the three-year war.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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To initiate the repair of the relationship, the cheater must first be willing to admit their fault.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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After affirming his commitment to cooperating with the investigation, protecting Jewish students and protecting free speech, Wood referenced the protest.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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At the same time with all of this, box office sources, not just Disney, affirm that Snow White played evenly across the country.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Use free tools like social media, surveys, or pre-sales to validate demand quickly and cheaply.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Numerical evaluations are often used to validate the existence of a pure meritocracy, in which people are judged by the quality of their work rather than their identities.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Court does not express an opinion on whether the Alien Enemies Act actually permits Trump to deport anyone.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
8 Apr. 2025
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Under former trade agreements, China committed to releasing 34 foreign films per year under revenue-share terms, with overseas studios permitted to a 25 percent share of ticket sales.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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Dozens more probationary employees were let go -- and then rehired after a court order overturned the administration's terminations.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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With two outs in the bottom of the ninth in San Francisco on Tuesday, Francona, the Cincinnati Reds’ manager, let Hunter Greene chase his first career nine-inning shutout.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The ceremony to inaugurate the star was shielded from public view and briefly disrupted by a confrontation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators, according to Variety.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Executive Order also called for the report to identify how many people from said countries had entered the United States since Biden was inaugurated as President.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Swear in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear%20in. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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