How to Use reassertion in a Sentence
reassertion
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Is this a bold reassertion of a beloved brand or a rearranging of the deck chairs on a sinking ship?
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
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Or will the story be about the reassertion of democratic values?
—The Editors, Curbed, 11 Jan. 2021
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His appearance feels like a reassertion of free speech at New College.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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Reconstruction and the reassertion of white power in the Jim Crow era.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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Biden's message to the world is a reassertion of American leadership to address climate change.
—Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2021
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For Will and Jada, though, the high wire act of confession is, naturally, a reassertion of power.
—New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
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But his victory feels more like a reassertion of reality than a referendum on the values of either major party.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
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Democrats surely would join in a veto-proof reassertion of congressional prerogative.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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But Biden's reassertion of US leadership was welcome in Europe.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 17 June 2021
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There must be a strong authorization of the War Powers Act and a reassertion of Congress’ power of the purse at the very least.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
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Its organizers made clear that the march was not a commemoration, but a reassertion of the demands made at the memorial in 1963.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
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What’s poised to change with the introduction of a national digital coin is the government’s reassertion of its primacy over the tech giants that currently reign.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
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In government and higher education, the reassertion of preferences for white people continued for decades.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
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Putin’s confrontation with the West over Ukraine follows a familiar cycle in Russian history of loss and reassertion.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
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Similarly, Putin’s foreign policy is based on a reassertion of Russian power.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
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Today's decision is a vindication and reassertion of the proper role of the federal courts in our constitutional system.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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This movie poster almost looks like a Kehinde Wiley portrait, a radical reassertion of tradition, a disruption of the narrative we’ve been sold.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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The only realistic diplomatic solution is some kind of reassertion of the status quo that existed before the war, coupled with diplomatic assurances for both sides.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
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For many Americans these actions embody a return to the values of a safer, surer time—the reassertion of principles going back to the Founding Fathers.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
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The hearings’ spectacle of competence — of authority and accountability, and the reassertion of truth in a multi-reality country — can’t help but soothe.
—Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
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Another is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s broad reassertion of state control over the economy in key areas such as banking.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Earl Sweatshirt’s music is an exercise in opacity; the continual reassertion of Blackness needs no translation.
—New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
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While some designers worked with this new tool on various levels, perhaps the most powerful response was a reassertion of the hand, with materials being crunched and sculpted into beautiful tactile volumes.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
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As women and people of color made some inroads into these institutions, as old hierarchies seemed to give way just a little bit, a chorus of observers arrived to sell the broader public on on the furious reassertion of the status quo.
—Adrian Daub / Made By History, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
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The move signals a reassertion of control by Murdoch, who bought the Journal in 2007 and quickly took editorial command of the publication.
—Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
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Instead, Xi calls for a massive military buildup, the reassertion of Chinese Communist Party control and an economic policy based on self-reliance.
—Michael Beckley, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2023
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Related Stories This is the reassertion of Bigelow’s cinematic authority.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately more destructive is Xi’s reassertion of communist principles in economic management.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 11 July 2022
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This will happen most quickly through a reassertion of America’s democratic leadership internationally but will hopefully extend to efforts to restore trust in institutions.
—Francis Fukuyama, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
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The intervention of state police and correctional officers is shown via harrowing surveillance footage and graphic photography, showing the deadly assault and brutal reprisals -- a savage reassertion of authority and the status quo.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
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