claim

Definition for claim

noun as in property, right demanded or reserved

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allegation, application, assertion, call, case, demand, interest, petition, plea, request, requirement, suit

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affirmation, birthright, counterclaim, declaration, dibs, due, entreaty, lien, part, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, requisition, title, ultimatum

verb as in demand, maintain property or right

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allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, hold, insist, need, take

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adduce, advance, exact, hit, justify, knock, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, uphold, vindicate

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have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, pick up, pop the question, stake out

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The lawsuit claims the administration is violating federal law by attempting to pressure states into changing curricula based on “political and ideological grounds.”

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Hinder said Blue Labour was about promoting a "radical left-wing economic alternative" that he claimed goes down well with Reform UK voters, or those minded to back Nigel Farage's party.

From BBC

Sarwar also claimed the Scottish government was failing to deliver on tackling crime, education and other public services.

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"We needed the money two weeks ago," he said, claiming he had already seen colleagues resign to seek alternative work.

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The claims came from Moldova's pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, who told reporters outside a polling station in the capital Chisinau the future of her country, flanked by Ukraine and Romania, was in danger.

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