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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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Free catered lunches were introduced to Hollywood’s office culture by Silicon Valley, where companies like Facebook would install shopping mall-style food courts to keep programmers fed and happy.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2025
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The City of Charlotte will install signs in the Dilworth and Wilmore neighborhoods starting this March for a new permit program to regulate parking.—
Alexandria Sands,
Axios,
28 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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Cautious optimism grew earlier in the week as the twice-daily health updates affirmed that the pope was eating solid food, sitting up in his armchair, and even taking care of simple work tasks from the comfort of his hospital room.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Mar. 2025
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Lee is appealing his conviction for election-law violations in 2022, and if two appellate courts affirm it, he will be barred from public office for 10 years.—
Ian Bremmer,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead of following a purely linear project plan, effective project leaders focus on steps to successfully validate the problem – and the solution identified to solve it – while never giving up the drive to meet project milestones and achieve financial objectives.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 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
Verb
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And Michigan remembers the harmful EV mandates that have forced compliance rather than actually allowing a regulatory environment that permits innovation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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However, national parks would close, security reviews to help defend against hacking would stop, civil litigation in courts would stop, and environmental and permitting reviews would stop.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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To highlight the issue, the company released a quiz along with the study that lets anyone test their deepfake-spotting skills.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Legislators and local officials could change some of this and let the stricken communities try to recapture their former character.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Trump started his second term as the oldest person inaugurated as president, at 78 years and 220 days old, with Biden right behind him at 78 years and 61 days old.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Soon after Trump was inaugurated, the federal government froze all grants, including NIH grants.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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