as in to hang
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion
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Recent Examples of swag
Marina Watts, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
What’s more swag than showing gratitude and enjoying nature?
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 July 2025
Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2023
Offsite developed a software platform to help with sourcing, contracting, and planning everything from location to swag.
—Constance Dierickx, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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Noun
In response, Boyle showed her appreciation online with a candid picture of herself in Oasis swag.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
What’s more swag than showing gratitude and enjoying nature?
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 July 2025
Verb
Lunch and dinner dine-in guests also will get complimentary Cosmik Fries and swag while supplies last.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2023
Offsite developed a software platform to help with sourcing, contracting, and planning everything from location to swag.
—Constance Dierickx, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swag
Noun
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Those who didn’t score tickets can console themselves with Oasis Live ‘25 loot like $49 or $56 T-shirts, $49 to $104 hoodies and other memorabilia like $28 tote bags and $56 posters.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 Aug. 2025
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And now that Solstice is gone, getting lots of quality loot has been cut by probably 90% instantly, given how rewarding that event was.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Tuck your shoes away in the lower cabinet to keep them out of sight, and hang hats and backpacks on the tree’s three metal hooks.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Aug. 2025
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By midday, people were installing stage set pieces, hanging decorations from high up in bucket trucks and driving around in utility vehicles loaded with supplies.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Well, there’s this band of down-on-their-luck pirates, see, drawn to the scent of plunder and rousing dance numbers, coming together in another Citadel outdoor summer extravaganza full of music and fun for the whole family, according to the Citadel website.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Reparations, long proposed as the only measure proportionate to the scale of racial plunder, look increasingly like a political, economic, and legal non-starter.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Verb
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The flags that ring the Washington Monument's base are drooping and listless.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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The genus name Casuarina is derived from cassowary, a Malay word for a flightless tropical bird whose drooping feathers are matched by the drooping foliage of the she oak.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Key Background Nazi forces stole extensive collections of art and cultural treasures from across Europe during World War II, primarily from Jewish owners who were sent to concentration camps.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Balboa Park is a treasure that has been available to people without parking charges for over 100 years, and the zoo for more than 50 years.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The former All-Star catcher was central to a sagging core group along with Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford that then-GM Bobby Evans unsuccessfully sought to prop up and keep the top spinning.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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This term is being used to describe the sagging skin, weaker muscles and dryness in the vulvar region that some GLP-1 agonist users have been noticing.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Swag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swag. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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