assert

Example Sentences

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She understands the sacrifices families made to get to the United States, she said, asserting that she owes those families “that same level of energy and grit and determination.”

From Salon

“Those taxpayers are left to defend their tax returns when the government suddenly appears unannounced, out of nowhere, asserting massive tax liabilities from decades earlier,” the filing said.

From MarketWatch

It is much too soon to assert that this is likely or even plausible.

From BBC

Rosie Clark, a Maryland volunteer who did some genealogical research on the Cheltenham burial site, asserts that many official documents were forged.

From Barron's

In doing so, Paxton and other states’ attorneys general asserted, the investors broke antitrust laws.

From The Wall Street Journal