assert

Example Sentences

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Procedurally, it asserts that greenhouse gases should not be treated as pollutants in the traditional sense because their effects on human health are indirect and global rather than local.

From Barron's

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to assert itself on the world stage, saying it is time to start acting like a "power".

From BBC

"We demand his immediate release," Machado said, alleging that his detention undermined promises to end decades of repression and one-party rule, but still asserting her determination to return to Venezuela.

From Barron's

“This area remains early, but it is beginning to progress toward commercialization,” analysts asserted.

From Barron's

Several prominent medical associations, citing hundreds of peer-reviewed clinical studies and decades of evidence-based research, assert that the drug is “conclusively safe.”

From Salon