assert

Example Sentences

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The parliament elected Joseph Aoun as president, and the U.S. hailed the opportunity for the government to assert its sovereignty and disarm the militant group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"We cannot assert that these returns are sustainable, but they are a signal, and signals require investment to become something lasting," Goodstein said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Iran last month created the Persian Gulf Strait Authority as it tries to assert dominance over the waterway.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Uthmeier’s theory would render this presumption unconstitutional, because it allows a non-biological father to assert parentage while severing the biological father’s claim to the child.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë