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assertion

[uh-sur-shuhn] / əˈsɜr ʃən /


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Other announcements, including Microsoft’s assertion of a “breakthrough” with the release of its Majorana 1 chip last year, have drawn similar scrutiny.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Some clients have accused him of stealing their money, an assertion backed by a lawyer for paramilitary commanders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Meta said the assertion it was restricting Wynn-Williams' freedom of speech or trying to silence her "is not what's happening here".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The assertion that Asian Americans and other nonwhite immigrants don’t “assimilate”—a freighted term, to be sure—is both easy and hard to refute.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

They’re lighter brown than mine, with specks of hazel and green, what she claims is the assertion of her distant Pashtun blood.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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