How to Use assertion in a Sentence

assertion

noun
  • Once again, there are assertions of a purge.
    Douglas M. Charles, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That pledge was not merely an assertion of rights.
    Trygve Throntveit, Time, 27 May 2026
  • But his assertion isn’t enough to make those claims legal or true.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The assertion fails three times, and most likely more.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That assertion gets both cause and effect wrong.
    Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But that assertion warrants a strict fact-check.
    Marc Joffe, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That assertion shouldn’t come as a surprise.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Now, those assertions and debates are pretty much a thing of the past.
    Lucía Tejo, Glamour, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This assertion contrasts sharply with our Founders’ views of free speech.
    WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The only way to find out if these assertions hold up is to put this tube to the test for yourself.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Mark Niesse For The Ajc, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Past recounts and court challenges have not backed up those assertions.
    Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The data backs that assertion up.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Paramount did not respond to that assertion at the time.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There’s even data to back up this common sense assertion.
    Byron Hurd, The Drive, 24 June 2026
  • Harris faced a grilling from the justices over this assertion.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the assertion that drew Woods’ rebuke.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There’s simply no basis for those vague assertions.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • We’re told that there’s no truth to the assertion, and that no casting attachments have been made.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
  • Here’s a look at the context around some of the president’s assertions.
    Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Google didn't respond to a request for comment on the assertion.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Start with his assertion that Iran didn't pose an imminent threat.
    Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026

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