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Recent Examples of swear in
This marks a return to the agency for Harris, which previously represented the then-U.S. Senator prior to her being sworn in as the 49th Vice President of the United States — the first woman, the first Black American and the first South Asian American to be elected to the position.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
The post included a photo of Marshall and Kennedy shaking hands in the Oval Office.
Kennedy was sworn in at the White House on Thursday.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2025
He was confirmed by the Senate in November 2024 and sworn in on December 16, 2024.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2025
My research group has recorded over 10,000 people swearing in public.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
The post included a photo of Marshall and Kennedy shaking hands in the Oval Office.
Kennedy was sworn in at the White House on Thursday.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2025
He was confirmed by the Senate in November 2024 and sworn in on December 16, 2024.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2025
My research group has recorded over 10,000 people swearing in public.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear in
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Hoffner did confirm that all 25 locations were owned by one franchise-owner, which continues to own and operate other Dairy Queen restaurants in the state.—
Alana Edgin,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The team confirmed the change as the Yankees began spring training in Florida over the weekend.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Have strong antivirus software: The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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The most straightforward approach would be to install Bregman as the starting second baseman and keep everyone else in their current roles, but if the Red Sox wanted there are a number of other possibilities, all with their own pros and cons.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Ocalan's momentous announcement is part of a new effort for peace between the group and the Turkish state, which was initiated in October by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's coalition partner, Devlet Bahceli.—
ROBERT BADENDIECK AND SUZAN FRASER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, Musk's DOGE, established under President Donald Trump's administration, has initiated mass layoffs targeting approximately 200,000 federal employees so far in the month since Trump began his second presidency, and that number is likely to grow.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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In 2017, the federal appeals court for the Second Circuit, in affirming Mr. Ulbricht’s conviction, acknowledged the severe nature of the punishment.—
David Yaffe-Bellany,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still, American democracy has proven to be resilient, and Congress, the branch of government closest to the people, was coming together to affirm the choice of Americans.—
LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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To ensure that the information is both transparent and trustworthy, human reviewers will validate each model card submission.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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But this demo only validated part of the technology required for space debris removal.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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In participating in those extreme acts, Saha said, people fall victim to a group psychology that both permits and encourages more extreme behavior.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Back in Storrs, Conn., NIL activity isn’t permitted on game day or the day prior, with basketball remaining as the main priority besides academics.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Trump administration is currently under scrutiny for letting hundreds of probationary FAA employees go only weeks after the deadliest U.S. crash in nearly a quarter century.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Stopping them lets the virus start multiplying again and could lead to the emergence of drug-resistant strains.—
Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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By inaugurating the era of development aid, the U.S. was strategically using the concept of universality to undermine what was left of the British, French and Belgian colonial empires while guaranteeing its own access to new markets in developing countries.—
Isabelle Mayault,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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Charles Baudelaire translated him, inaugurating Poe-mania in France.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Swear in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear%20in. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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