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Recent Examples of assertively
Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.
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CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
These early reports highlight how the mode may behave more assertively than before.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
With the exception of SHoP’s assertively detailed, if financially troubled, extravaganza, the pall of clunkism has enveloped even projects that aspire to high design.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
His confrontational style inspired a generation of young conservatives to assertively defend their values and to mock liberals, even in sometimes incendiary ways.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
These early reports highlight how the mode may behave more assertively than before.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
With the exception of SHoP’s assertively detailed, if financially troubled, extravaganza, the pall of clunkism has enveloped even projects that aspire to high design.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
His confrontational style inspired a generation of young conservatives to assertively defend their values and to mock liberals, even in sometimes incendiary ways.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assertively
Adverb
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The officer reported a gray Nissan Altima approached at a high speed, began tailgating and honking aggressively.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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However, his parents say that while their son was armed, no one else was in the house when police arrived, and there was no reason for the police to have approached him aggressively.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The ceremony itself will spotlight the shows, characters and performances that resonated most strongly with audiences over the past year, drawing on fan stories from around the world and footage from the format’s standout titles.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Swedish mega-group ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’ is strongly associated with the couple’s story given the first performance of the hit was at an event in their honor and performed as part of their wedding celebrations.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
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Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.—
Anne Ewbank,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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Carreras scored the crucial opening goal, determinedly driving into the box and finishing in an individual flourish that unlocked the match in the 65th minute.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Yet their embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield, from the sixth tier of football in England, as holders in the FA Cup’s third round in January was not against a team who massed resolutely in their own territory.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Although most of the towns and villages around them are under de-facto Hezbollah control, Qlayaa — like other Christian, Sunni Muslim and Druze communities dotting the bucolic hills of Lebanon’s south — had taken a resolutely neutral position.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Much like older Soundboks speakers, the Mix still leans heavily into high volume, with an output of up to 121 dB, putting it firmly in the party speaker category.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Rose Byrne is earning acclaim for her turn in Mary Bronstein's harrowing (and grimly funny) film.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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The count of New Yorkers who had died outdoors ticked grimly upward, passing fifteen and then twenty.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Normal was decidedly not the right way to describe Dugalić’s college tenure.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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When designer Alex Alonso first walked into this home just south of Palm Beach, the situation was decidedly bleak in a very specific way.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Assertively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assertively. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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