swearing in

verb

Definition of swearing innext
present participle of swear in
as in installing

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  1. initiating
  2. confirming
  3. affirming
  4. validating
Verb
  • This involves engaging proactively with followers—responding to comments, initiating conversations, implementing a direct messaging strategy and actively seeking leads.
    Tony Pec, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Amazon faced its largest labor action to date in the United States, with nearly 10,000 employees initiating a strike on Thursday at facilities across several major urban centers.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of initiating
Verb
  • The team is resolutely focused on improving these performances and fielding competitive drivers, with Jay Guy confirming the necessity of combining skilled drivers with adequate sponsorship backing.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Democrats also faced the challenge of confirming nominees during two years of a 50-50 Senate.
    Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of confirming
Verb
  • This affirming memoir of a late-in-life transition takes readers through the writer’s gender identity realization and her journey to find her place in society.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • From rapped numbers to a montage of Rita recruiting potential surgeons for her employer’s marathon of gender-affirming procedures, the choreographer tried various approaches to punctuating the film’s dialogue with dance.
    Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of affirming
Verb
  • This was the process that Brendan and Anis followed, validating ideas with minimal risk in order to scale the ones with real value.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There’s something very validating about going through a struggle to get to the top somewhere and look down.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of validating
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