swanked

Definition of swankednext
past tense of swank

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swanked
Verb
  • Lindell bragged of spending millions to combat election fraud.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The arrangement unraveled in 2022, after one of the involved parties bragged about it at a professional conference and was overheard by an LAUSD employee who reported the comments to district officials, the complaint said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Even Claude Code’s creator, Boris Cherny, has boasted that the latest version was written entirely by—yes—Claude Code.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • By the first week of December, Olsson boasted seven goals in five matches, becoming the first player in WSL history to score four goals in her first five starts.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • All the members of their immediate family were competitive Nordic ski racers, and their mother, father, and grandfather were vaunted polar explorers.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Was vaunted New York baseball scribe Red Foley conducting surveys like this in 1974?
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Heckel crowed with delight as Strong tried paper, snipping her classmate’s fingers with scissors to complete the sweep.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • On March 4, the NRC crowed proudly about issuing the first commercial reactor construction permit in a decade — and the first approval for a non-light water reactor in more than 40 years.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Swanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanked. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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