swears in

verb

present tense third-person singular of swear in
as in confirms

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  1. confirms
  2. initiates
  3. affirms
  4. installs
  5. validates
  6. inaugurates
  7. lets
  8. permits
Verb
  • The city confirms the four cameras near Holly Lane have already been removed.
    — Brooklyn Andres, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Renoon structures and confirms consistency of product and supply chain data across both Tod’s internal systems and those of its partners.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of confirms
Verb
  • That’s when Issa initiates a threesome, something that none of them is fully into.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • After a company initiates a recall, the FDA evaluates the situation and assigns a recall classification based on the level of health hazard posed by the product.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of initiates
Verb
  • Yet the pandemic affirms Prem’s view that the public and private sectors need to work together in a health crisis.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Just state the common sense that the vast majority of America affirms.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of affirms
Verb
  • The program unites businesses such as Stellantis that want to prevent crime on or near their properties; the business installs surveillance cameras, which are then monitored by DPD officers who use the footage to investigate potential crimes.
    — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hunker also installs a complete electrical system via TrekMount modular mounting hardware.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of installs
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  • The one-two punch not only validates the once-struggling stock's recent resurgence.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For Allegra Films, Locarno’s selection validates a leap into a more ambitious international model.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of validates
Verb
  • Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane.
    — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inaugurates
Verb
  • This lets the leaves decompose into rich organic matter that can benefit your garden beds.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Shorter grass improves seed-to-soil contact and lets more sunlight reach the soil surface for better seed germination.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of lets
Verb
  • Chavez, a longtime friend of Pacheco’s, collected $170,000 from two marijuana firms for contracts and then paid him $93,000 in cash as Pacheco voted in 2017 and 2018 for the firms’ permits, according to plea agreements.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • TikTok bans gambling outright but permits auctions, mystery products and trading-card breaks that hinge on outcomes buyers can’t see coming.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of permits
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