swear in
verb
swore in; sworn in; swearing in; swears in
: to induct into office by administration of an oath
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She was sworn in as a US district judge for the District of Massachusetts in January 2015.
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Some of Hamilton’s colleagues, meanwhile, were critical of the hardline approach suggesting a degree of leniency should be shown to drivers who swear in frustration during a race and to non-English speaking drivers.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
President Trump was sworn in for a second term in January intent on transforming America and its place in the world.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
See some of them below: Donald Trump sworn as 47th U.S. president
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the U.S. by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.
—Adam Jeffery,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Some of Hamilton’s colleagues, meanwhile, were critical of the hardline approach suggesting a degree of leniency should be shown to drivers who swear in frustration during a race and to non-English speaking drivers.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
President Trump was sworn in for a second term in January intent on transforming America and its place in the world.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
See some of them below: Donald Trump sworn as 47th U.S. president
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the U.S. by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.
—Adam Jeffery,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for swear in
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“Swear in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swear%20in. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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