assert
Example Sentences
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Arbitrators declined to award any relief and found that Overdeck’s and Siegel’s “over-the-top efforts to assert claims against each other” hurt their credibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Doctors who use speech to harm their patients “can now assert a First Amendment right to carry on, regardless of these standards.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
The case originated with teachers who were trying to assert such a right.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
It is much too soon to assert that this is likely or even plausible.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“What is a participle? Does it ever part with its verbal significance? Does it assert action?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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