assert

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Still, Intel’s advance has been so strong in such a short time that market realities could assert themselves even if the stock thesis is valid.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

All he needed was for someone to show up and assert his constitutional rights.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Third parties can also file briefs with the court to assert their own arguments; these are known as “friend of the court” or amicus curiae briefs.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Beijing has also accused Washington of citing “even the flimsiest connection” such as the use of an American bank to assert jurisdiction over transactions that don’t primarily involve the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I was not even my parents’ son in 1928 but a devilishly smooth impostor, awaiting their slightest blunder as an excuse to move in—preferably without violence, but not necessarily—to assert my true identity.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger