assert itself
idiom
: to become apparent : to start to be clearly seen or known
Doubts about the value of the work began to assert themselves.
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Part of the enthusiasm is not critical evaluation but simple nostalgia: a love affair with the past made more loving because the beloved is no longer with us and able to assert itself.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Steve Tsang, director of SOAS University of London's China Institute, told Monday the statement showed that Beijing is no longer reticent in using its rare earths to assert itself.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Beyond concern about Taiwan itself, Australia does not want China further emboldened to assert itself all over East Asia and Southeast Asia.
—James Curran, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025
Subscribe Beijing defines it as a system where U.S. dominance is reduced, allowing China greater scope to assert itself as Asia’s leading power.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Steve Tsang, director of SOAS University of London's China Institute, told Monday the statement showed that Beijing is no longer reticent in using its rare earths to assert itself.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Beyond concern about Taiwan itself, Australia does not want China further emboldened to assert itself all over East Asia and Southeast Asia.
—James Curran, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025
Subscribe Beijing defines it as a system where U.S. dominance is reduced, allowing China greater scope to assert itself as Asia’s leading power.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assert itself
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“Assert itself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assert%20itself. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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