reassert
verb
re·as·sert
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 
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reasserted; reasserting; reasserts
: to assert (something) again
She reasserted her authority.
Even better, they had won two of their first three games and were reasserting their status as the team to beat …—
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Xi has been reasserting that control by steadily eliminating safe spaces for expression.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Israeli officials have repeatedly emphasized that there was little interest in the IDF reasserting control over Gaza, while Netanyahu has announced that the Israeli military would indeed occupy the territory again, at least in the immediate postwar scenario.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Her escape disrupts the careful schemes surrounding her and reasserts her agency within the story.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Israeli officials have repeatedly emphasized that there was little interest in the IDF reasserting control over Gaza, while Netanyahu has announced that the Israeli military would indeed occupy the territory again, at least in the immediate postwar scenario.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Her escape disrupts the careful schemes surrounding her and reasserts her agency within the story.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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