assertion
Example Sentences
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On a day CEO David Hopkinson doubled down on his assertion that Newcastle will be competing for the biggest prizes by 2030, the naive visitors looked a long way off in that first half.
From BBC
None of the new information substantively undercuts the president's assertion that his friendship with Epstein ended around 2004.
From BBC
“It’s a powerful assertion that the Fed will maintain needed independence and policy decision making.”
From Barron's
The sources of some of his assertions about general economic conditions are unclear, or at least not cited in his published work.
From Los Angeles Times
He told a huge crowd of supporters gathered on Bogotá’s central square recently that such assertions were a “bag of lies.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
