swearing-in

[swair-ing-in]

noun

1. an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of swearing-in¹

1890–95; from verb phrase swear in; -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Shortly after the swearing-in, the military reopened land, air and sea borders that were shut when it announced the coup.

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Saulsbury has posted photos of himself with Patel, including at Patel’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House in February and visiting FBI headquarters in June.

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His widow’s well-choreographed swearing-in amid extra-tight security did little to alter the predominant mood of anguish and gloom in Uruapan.

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Keith Ellison had to defend using Thomas Jefferson’s Quran at his 2007 swearing-in, amid baseless claims of Muslim disloyalty.

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Most absurd are progressive claims—magnified by the press—that Johnson is delaying a swearing-in to thwart her ability to force a vote in the narrow House on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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