assertion
Example Sentences
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There is a major problem with this bold assertion: The Supreme Court has instructed lower courts never to assume that a precedent has been silently overruled by later decisions that seem to conflict with it.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Prosecutors must prove Blanche’s assertion that the informant program, which began in the 1980s, was used to further extremism rather than fight it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
She has often repeated her mentor’s assertion of colonial-era atrocities in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
These trends emerged despite the mayor's assertion that London's per capita homicide rate has fallen to its lowest level on record.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
But Pascal’s simple experiment demolished Aristotle’s assertion that nature abhors a vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing assertion
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