swears in

verb

Definition of swears innext
present tense third-person singular of swear in
as in confirms

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  1. confirms
  2. initiates
  3. affirms
  4. validates
  5. lets
Verb
  • Actress Pauley Perrette departed from NCIS six years ago and confirms that her retirement from acting is permanent.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The couple is expecting their third child together in Spring 2025, a rep for Jason confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of confirms
Verb
  • Young Data Scientists League, a non-profit organization focusing on empowering middle and high school students to use data science in creating public good, initiates new projects around AI ethics.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • These initiates concluded just as the federal student loan system is experiencing unprecedented upheaval due to legal challenges seeking to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiatives.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of initiates
Verb
  • The book affirms the many ways to make a family and how those bonds hold us through loss and growth over time.
    Meghan Riordan Jarvis, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Moreover, reading Powers in this more difficult, demanding way affirms the imperative that Literature—recalcitrant in its ideas, characters, and storylines—should invite and sustain more of and from its readers.
    Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of affirms
Verb
  • This validates my point, the tiny houses are cheap, but site costs and complying with regulations and including utilities kill that savings.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This kind of feedback validates the program and spells win/win for the participants.
    Steve Andriole, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of validates
Verb
  • Authorities will also highlight companies that show signs of inactivity on the registry of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, and are considering expanding a digital platform that lets banks share information on customers who show potential financial crime concerns.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
  • YouTube also announced a template feature that lets creators reuse the format of other Shorts.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of lets
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