reassert
verb
re·as·sert
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 
-a-
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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With these awards, BAFTA also reasserts its interest in awarding video games and their creators, still a rarity in the usual awards space.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Set in a dystopia in which the world of the dead collides with the world of the living, the first game focused on a failing American government desperate to reassert its authority by reconnecting its citizens.
—G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Democratic pushback is also coalescing around efforts in both chambers to reassert congressional war powers.
—Nik Popli, Time, 24 June 2025
This has left the Syrian government unable to reassert control in Suwayda, and has frustrated its efforts to stamp out the Assad regime’s illicit drug trade.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Set in a dystopia in which the world of the dead collides with the world of the living, the first game focused on a failing American government desperate to reassert its authority by reconnecting its citizens.
—G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Democratic pushback is also coalescing around efforts in both chambers to reassert congressional war powers.
—Nik Popli, Time, 24 June 2025
This has left the Syrian government unable to reassert control in Suwayda, and has frustrated its efforts to stamp out the Assad regime’s illicit drug trade.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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