SWEARING IN Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

swearing in

verb

present participle of swear in

as in installing

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According to the complaint, officers first spotted Garces-Perez's vehicle outside a restaurant, ran its license plate and confirmed that an immigration judge had issued a final order of removal against him before initiating the stop.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
In today’s information rich environment, investors have more opportunities than ever to compare firms before initiating a conversation.

— Ramesh Tambe, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of initiating

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The news was revealed during Friday’s New York Comic-Con panel to coincide with the release of Book 1, confirming that the story of Avatar Pavi and her twin sister Nisha will continue through Books 3 and 4.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
On Thursday, the broadcaster added to Maniscalco’s response in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, confirming the timeline and saying Raw Comedy was put out to pasture because of low ratings.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of confirming

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Missouri would also still outlaw gender-affirming care for minors under a state law legislators passed in 2023.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Still, Burney-Scott said, the journal article is lacking some perspectives — including discussion of early menopause due to gender-affirming care, or a medical intervention — that shows the limitations of current research.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of affirming

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The speed was only real in feel, not in fact, because the effort simply relocated from writing code to reviewing, reconciling and validating what the machine produced.

— Tim Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Much of that work involves collecting, annotating, and validating the data used to train machines to operate in the physical world.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of validating

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