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asserted

verb

past tense of assert

as in declared

to state clearly and strongly a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country

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as in argued

to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration asserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open

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as in claimed

to state as a fact usually forcefully vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish

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Recent Examples of asserted The Guard displayed drones that have been widely used against ships in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has asserted control since the war began, severely affecting the Gulf region’s shipments of oil and natural gas to the rest of the world. — Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 And Konsta Helenius asserted himself as a top-six option with his performance in the playoffs and at the World Championship. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Hoskins asserted that a referendum petition could not be used for congressional redistricting. — David A. Lieb, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 In April, the Actors Committee of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations released a statement condemning such infringements and asserted that AI platforms needed to comply with the laws and strengthen their compliance rules. — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Hoskins asserted that Missouri's Constitution doesn't allow a referendum on congressional redistricting. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 While the countries neighboring that corridor have asserted that the strait will stay that way, the director of the busiest port residing on it has floated the idea of a toll. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Davis’ defense attorneys asserted that the book was partly a work of fiction, alleging that the memoir’s co-writer, Yusuf Jah, had fabricated some of the details regarding Shakur’s death. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026

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By the time the Nielsen ratings came in, however, the president had already declared victory for the convention and himself.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Midway through the third period, he was officially declared out for the remainder of the contest.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of declared

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But the earnings data used by Dangote and its issuing houses make assumptions and calculations that are not clearly reconciled, Fawehinmi argued in an analysis published on Substack over the weekend.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of argued

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In the initial complaint obtained by USA TODAY, Said claimed she was placed on an all-male team that included Gutman and two other crew members.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
The proposal would have directed money from the Treasury Department’s Judgment Fund to compensate people who claimed they were politically targeted by federal investigations during the Biden administration.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of claimed

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Moral judgment is not a matter of timeless fiats, even were they proclaimed by the Lord of Hosts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of proclaimed

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Penn State regularly contended for New Year’s Six bowls but lost the close, important games so often that fans braced for heartbreak.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The museum has contended California’s new law is unconstitutional, which California is contesting.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of contended

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Washington, as well as OpenAI and Anthropic, have alleged that Chinese companies stole American intellectual property by training their models on the outputs of frontier US models, a process known as distillation in the industry.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Furthermore, the defendant attempted to recruit individuals from the German Ministry of Defense and the defense industry for her own purposes, prosecutors alleged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of alleged

Verb

Trial court rulings — affirmed by a Supreme Court majority in March — said parents have the right to demand information about their child’s gender identity at school.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Anthropic did not respond to an immediate request for comment, but Coxon’s warnings were surprisingly affirmed by Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s alignment scene lead, and Samuel Marks, who runs the company‘s scalable oversight division.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of affirmed

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However, the district reasoned that Santa Fe’s site would be able to deliver a safer and more modern building due to the property’s acreage and access points.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Sher reasoned that Mountjoy had to make up his mind — stay in the Assembly or move to the Senate.

— Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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