assertion

Example Sentences

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The stock’s decline also dovetails with a U.S. government appeal of a federal court ruling in September of 2024 that rejected tougher remedies to the assertion that it holds a monopoly in online search.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

You might roll your eyes at the quasi-hippie assertion, but 100 pages later, you will nod your head sagely in agreement.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

I give it the first AI’s research memo and ask it to make a list of every single factual assertion, and then, to fact-check each claim several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

But she did not read that assertion aloud.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He sat upon the ground next to me, and demanded, “Know you my assertion that there is no matter, that all is a void, could we but perceive it?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson