asserting

VERB

insist, declare, maintain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affirm allege argue cite claim contend defend press proclaim profess say stress uphold

STRONG

advance attest aver avouch avow justify predicate pronounce protest state swear vindicate warrant

WEAK

asservate butt in horn in mouth off pop off put forward shoot off one's mouth shoot one's wad stand up for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon conceal deny desert hide leave question surrender

WEAK

reject

Example Sentences

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asserting

Here we meet Kelly Macdonald, suppressing her Scottish accent as tough but tender Sheriff Kerry, asserting her jurisdictional rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Most of Wall Street’s midcap narratives boil down to nothing more than asserting that such stocks are neither too big nor too little but “just right.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

People have to get more comfortable with asserting things that they believe to be true about the Constitution, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Public comments to the SEC overwhelmingly opposed the agency’s decision, asserting investors in publicly traded companies need to know about climate risks and citing recent floods, wildfires and heat waves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nichols briefed the Joint Chiefs the next day, asserting that the entire scientific community endorsed the project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik