assertion
Example Sentences
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Assertion of independence was possible, and Tacitus’ works present a number of voices of senatorial independence.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2019
After he gave a meandering soliloquy in response to a question about banks, Rubio took it upon himself to implement a Troubled Assertion Relief Program, exclaiming, “He’s right on point, there.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015
The feminist debate at the literary festival culminated in the session titled "Imagine: Resistance, Protest, Assertion."
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2013
Facts is survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.
From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 20, 2012
Now if the reason which they give for this Assertion, viz.
From The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan by Tufail, Ibn
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