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
  • Leaders in business, including Amazon and Google, have found that initiating multiple timely experimental business changes leads to making non-linear steps forward, and failures are seen only as learning experiences.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • On Tuesday, during an extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania, Mangione was denied bail and chose to fight extradition back to New York, initiating a potentially lengthy process.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of initiating
Verb
  • With Microsoft confirming a critical new Windows zero-day vulnerability this week, the fact that Google has confirmed two high-risk security vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser might appear less of an issue.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, the Senate has directed all of its energy during the lame-duck session toward confirming as many of Biden's judicial nominees as possible, while the House is focused on passing a short-term spending bill.
    Tobi Raji The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of confirming
Verb
  • Minter added that a loss might present the possibility for private insurers to exclude gender-affirming care from plans covered under the Affordable Care Act.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The language in the provision states that gender-affirming care causes sterilization, a common anti-trans talking point based on disinformation.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of affirming
Verb
  • Each miner competes to be first in validating a block.
    Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • While 69% of the listers started their own company to tackle everything from workplace use of AI to validating online identities, a healthy share have climbed the corporate ladder.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of validating
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