assertive
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Papperger’s assertive style has irked officials and some U.S. executives who have joined with the German business as a way to tap the booming European market.
Aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s dry and well-balanced, with a bright but not overly assertive acidity, deft minerality and pleasingly delicate persistence in the mouth.
“They are so aware and so curious,” Coffin said, reaching down to scratch the head of a very assertive and attention-loving goat named Rachel.
From Seattle Times
Vietnam, meanwhile, must weigh the reaction of its powerful neighbor as China becomes more assertive.
From Reuters
They are part of a realignment of U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific that is broadly meant to face an increasingly assertive China.
From Seattle Times
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