SWEARS IN Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

swears in

verb

present tense third-person singular of swear in

as in confirms

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According to a news release, a new agreement confirms that the UG and Wyandotte County Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will keep jurisdiction over all ancillary development surrounding the stadium.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The Wrap confirms that a fifth installment in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise is on the way.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of confirms

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Hence the gorgeous moment when Mi-ok joins Ho-seok for a nightcap under the stars—secret moonshine—and affirms that, in the face of insurmountable problems, enduring them together is their only solution.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Cosmic Symphony memorializes the instruments, honors their journeys, and affirms the resilience of the human spirit.

— Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of affirms

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The malicious system component silently installs apps that look like weather tools, app lockers and other everyday utilities.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Blacksmith instead buys its own machines, tens of thousands of them, according to Jayaprakash, and installs them in data centers around the world.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of installs

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Spending time with him on two occasions validates Diplo’s assertion.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
This is even more exciting considering that this research validates teaming the JWST with radio telescopes to detect and track FRBs back to their points of origin.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of validates

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Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of inaugurates

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The federal program also permits scholarships for qualifying educational expenses that can benefit eligible public school students.

— Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
Florida law permits news-media witnesses at executions while prohibiting cameras in the observation room.

— Richard Nichols, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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