as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
alleged that the restaurant chain was engaging in discriminatory hiring practices
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Recent Examples of allege
Federal prosecutors allege Mangione stalked Thompson in Manhattan, where the executive was due to attend an investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
The plot began a month before his murder when a man named Kaushal Niroula contacted him, claiming to be an attorney with a wealthy family who left a will that named Lambert as an heir, Deputy District Attorney Lisa DiMaria alleged during a trial for two of the men, per the Desert Sun.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit alleged that Ikechukwu Azotam, a former Knicks employee who joined the Raptors in the summer 2023, stole proprietary information and took it with him to his new Raptors job.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
The plot began a month before his murder when a man named Kaushal Niroula contacted him, claiming to be an attorney with a wealthy family who left a will that named Lambert as an heir, Deputy District Attorney Lisa DiMaria alleged during a trial for two of the men, per the Desert Sun.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit alleged that Ikechukwu Azotam, a former Knicks employee who joined the Raptors in the summer 2023, stole proprietary information and took it with him to his new Raptors job.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allege
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Though the industry is bracing for an EV sales slump, GM's leaders insist that investing deeply and early in a broad range of electric offerings was not a mistake.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Republican speaker insists his party has been willing to discuss the health care issue with Democrats this fall, before the subsidies expire at the end of the year.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Click on any of the links in this post to claim your seats now.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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After the fireworks exploded, after Orion Kerkering bent to his knees in despair, after the Los Angeles Dodgers mobbed the field and claimed the National League Division Series with a 2-1 walk-off win in Game 4, the Phillies processed it all in the Dodger Stadium visitors clubhouse.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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For the last several years, award-winning filmmaker Richard Ladkani has been at work on a pair of films, among them the current Oscar-contending Yanuni, about a woman Indigenous leader who is fighting to save the Brazilian Amazon at great personal risk.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Defensively, the Bills are not good enough to truly contend for a Super Bowl — at least not yet.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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What those 15,000 or so fair-weather fans missed was the Broncos (4-2, 2-0) asserting themselves in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 41-25 Mountain West win over the Lobos (3-3, 0-2), who for much of the night were like a gnat the home team couldn’t swat away.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Allege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allege. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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