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
Chris Brown was arrested at his hotel in Manchester, U.K. on Thursday morning (May 15) over what British authorities alleged was an attack on a music producer at a London nightclub two years ago.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2025
The Department of Justice in Maine filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s Department of Education is out of compliance with Title IX.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
Kerley is reportedly alleged to have hit Johnson in the face, causing her nose to bleed.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, that Read struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2025
The Department of Justice in Maine filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s Department of Education is out of compliance with Title IX.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
Kerley is reportedly alleged to have hit Johnson in the face, causing her nose to bleed.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, that Read struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allege
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Some Justices insist on total secrecy from their clerks, including about even the fact of their having worked on particular cases.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
15 May 2025
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Sauer insisted that national injunctions were not the right mechanism for challenging Presidential orders like the one at issue in the case.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
15 May 2025
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But McLaughlin claimed that a Dallas Police detective inadvertently attached the wrong photo to the entry.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Wars claim the lives of innocent children as well as warriors.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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In Piranha Plant Nap Mishap there are multiple alarm clocks with which to contend.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde Saturday after the team’s slow start to the 2025 season after contending for the American League East title last season.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
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In response, two of Trump's senior officials made statements asserting that the message was a threat toward the president.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Inspired by classic boom-bap production, lyrically, the track sees Young assert her agency in the bedroom with a new flame.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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“Allege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allege. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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