How to Use reassert in a Sentence
reassert
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Now is the time to hack back the jungle and reassert some order in your yard.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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Brown reasserted himself as the first half wound down.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
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Swiping a debit card may be one small way to reassert control.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Tehran issued a new map and a flurry of statements that sought to reassert its control.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 4 May 2026
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But with the ceasefire, Hamas has reasserted its rule over Gaza.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
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Trei reasserted himself as a candidate for a big-league call-up.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 23 June 2026
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The franchise quarterback had to feel the need to reassert himself.
—Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022
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The commander in chief should reassert that role and remind Abbott who is in charge.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
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Kimmel reasserted his place as the most pugnacious of the late-night hosts during his first week back.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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By the next day, the usual patterns of life in Davos had reasserted themselves.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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More recent months have seen Meta reassert its grip on the VR market, though.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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In its aftermath, the spending dynamics that were in place last month might well reassert themselves.
—Justin Lahart, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
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Of course, Tomas feels the urge to reassert his primacy in Martin’s life as a result.
—Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
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The time was right for Kneecap the rap artists to reassert dominance over Kneecap the headline-makers.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
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When people feel that they are being forced to do something, they are motivated to reassert their control.
—Tendayi Viki, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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As the tide of this series has turned, 76ers fans reasserted their confidence and desire.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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Congress must act and reassert its authority.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Such a circular motif serves both to reassert a theme and to show, presumably, how much the characters have changed by the end of the film.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
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But within hours, the unresolved questions raised by the war against Hamas had reasserted themselves.
—Shoshanna Solomon, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
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But like Leontovych in his time, Ukrainians today are reasserting their culture to find hope and strength.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Amid the political chaos, violent groups on the left and right are deploying force to reassert their power.
—Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 30 May 2022
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The gun lobby never accepted any of that and soon reasserted its control of the state Capitol.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
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The administration reasserted that the overall timeline is still four to six weeks.
—Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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The question of how the church can now reassert moral leadership is one the cardinals addressed directly.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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The constitution screams out for Congress to reassert its role to decide use of military force.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
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And to describe a thing can be to reassert its reality in the face of inflated claims and false preconceptions.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
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After all, the film is a straightforward parable about the attempt to reassert authority amid chaos.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
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Hamas has reasserted its control over the territory since the ceasefire began.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2026
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And, in the recent debate, Harris noted this record and reasserted her commitment to the act.
—Zachary W. Schulz, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
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La Salle's settlement, which failed, prompted Spain to reassert control over the region.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
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