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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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The main event promises fireworks as the former featherweight champion looks to reassert his dominance, while Lopes aims to make a statement that could catapult him into title contention.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
By explicitly setting aside questions of cultural inclusion, the recommendations seemed less about making America healthy again, and more about quietly reasserting what kinds of food count as real.
—Vishal Khetpal, STAT, 30 Jan. 2026
With management reasserting guidance, and valuation still deeply discounted, price action is signaling that the market is starting to reprice CVS for growth.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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