assertion

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as·ser·tion | \ ə-ˈsər-shən

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Definition of assertion

: the act of asserting or something that is asserted: such as

a : insistent and positive affirming, maintaining, or defending (as of a right or attribute) an assertion of ownership/innocence

b : a declaration that something is the case He presented no evidence to support his assertions.

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Examples of assertion in a Sentence

the assertion that all men have certain unalienable rights is set forth in the Declaration of Independence made the unlikely assertion that gravity affects light

Recent Examples on the Web However, the actual source of the leak is unknown at this point and McConnell did not offer any evidence for his assertion. — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2022 The 6,700 people here representing the world’s companies and law firms cannot be wrong in their assertion that brand names play a crucial role in marketing products; as such, the brand names need to be protected. — Jess Collen, Forbes, 3 May 2022 The book stands or falls on its assertion of a radical discontinuity between the antebellum and postbellum United States, but the author himself gives us evidence of continuity. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 For Europeans, an assertion that Ukraine is part of the continent’s family of nations. — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022 That is devastating news for Bannon, whose criminal prosecution for an even more outrageous blanket assertion of the privilege has already begun. — Norman Eisen, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022 The file contains the supporting documentation for every factual assertion in a court application, as well as the result of government database searches and information about informants used in the case. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2021 In the next month, the FTC will get a second chance to provide evidence for its market-share assertion. — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 29 June 2021 Cannon also told Fortune that the move by Panama would undermine the U.K. government’s assertion that cryptocurrencies are not official currencies, and could therefore undermine the British law that says any gains made on crypto are liable to tax. — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2022 See More

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