assertion
Example Sentences
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Cranston confirmed that assertion in a separate interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
"The assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe than others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities throughout history," he argued.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The editorial cites an assertion by American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Roger Pielke Jr. that parts of the chapter were ghost written by our colleague Michael Burger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
There was no easy way to judge whether this assertion had any scientific basis.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing assertion
The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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