assert
Example Sentences
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The meeting took place as Carvalho issued his first statement since the raid, asserting his innocence and expressing hopes to return to work as soon as possible.
From Los Angeles Times
Speaking at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday morning, Centene CEO Sarah London asserted that results for all three of the company’s core business lines were on track for the year.
From Barron's
Feldstein Soto’s confidential memo cited other potential issues with the contract, calling for an audit of Stay Housed L.A. and asserting that a confidentiality clause in the original contract might violate state public records laws.
From Los Angeles Times
As most analysts see it, Beijing does not need a new law to assert its power across the country.
From BBC
Perhaps during his years of exile on St. Helena, the comparison convinced him that he was, like Themistocles—as he asserted in his letter—a “victim of the factions which distract my country.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
