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
  • Reviva Pharmaceuticals plans to continue its development efforts for brilaroxazine, with a focus on completing the OLE Trial and initiating the RECOVER-2 Trial, subject to additional financing.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Although delivering bad news is never easy, there are effective ways to avoid pitfalls when initiating these difficult conversations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of initiating
Verb
  • Weeks sequenced the tree’s DNA, confirming the preliminary identification.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Whatever makes women, men, non gender-confirming people feel beautiful, should be allowed.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of confirming
Verb
  • His policy proposals reflect many of the 530 anti-LGBTQ bills that have been tracked by the ACLU in this year's legislative session alone, many of which were restrictions on pronoun changes in schools, gender-affirming care restrictions and more.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Physicians and researchers have told ABC News in the past that physicians work with patients and their parents to build a customized and individualized approach to gender-affirming care for trans patients, meaning not every patient will receive any or every type of care.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of affirming
Verb
  • That’s the most validating thing.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Measuring and communicating the return on investment of skills-first practices is critical to validating their impact and then sustaining and growing those practices across an organization.
    Elyse Rosenblum, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of validating
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