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Recent Examples of assertively
After sitting a bit on the sidelines in the early days of the generative AI boom, risk-adverse finance departments are more assertively using these tools, with 75% reporting using AI compared to just 30% two years ago.
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John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
So, they’ve been encouraged to negotiate more assertively and ask for more money.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Overall, this combination of soft, complex malt with good hop character that’s strong but not too assertively bitter is dry, spicy, fruity and highly bubbly and carbonated.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.
—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
John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
So, they’ve been encouraged to negotiate more assertively and ask for more money.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Overall, this combination of soft, complex malt with good hop character that’s strong but not too assertively bitter is dry, spicy, fruity and highly bubbly and carbonated.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Taste and add salt and pepper; the milk should be assertively seasoned.
—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 agency must aggressively renegotiate unsustainable pension liabilities, consolidate redundant administrative bloat and institute strict farebox recovery minimums.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Earlier that day, the Sheriff’s Office received calls from residents reporting that McNally was aggressively demanding rides off the property while appearing to conceal a weapon beneath a jacket.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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Camping in an open setting during a thunderstorm is strongly discouraged.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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At the same time, many fears surrounding creatine are not strongly supported by current evidence.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The letters are abstract, philosophical, emotional – and resolutely non-visual.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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In 1988, Frank swept every city and town in the Fourth Congressional District except for resolutely-Republican Dover.—
Jon Keller,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Now that spring has firmly cemented itself and summer lingers just ahead, transformation becomes integral and ritual begin to feel reborn.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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In 30 days, moreover, the new Iranian strait regime may already be firmly in place.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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The Olsen kiddos trying to close their front door to keep the sharks out is just as well-shot and grimly hilarious as Lisa readying to give birth as the floodwaters rise.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Innocence isn’t even about the recent past; statistically speaking, the grimly familiar scenes of mayhem might take place somewhere next week.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Those weapons become decidedly less effective on clay, where the friction of the court takes a bite out of the ball’s velocity, putting big serves into an opponent’s strike zone.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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In addition, Lofgren says the money was allocated to foster public/private research partnerships, which these deals most decidedly are not.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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Chief among the familiar faces is Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the stoic, gruffly professional explosives-disposal expert Major Will Tranter, who shows up at a construction site in the heart of London where an unexploded, 1,000-pound WWII bomb has just been found.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Assertively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assertively. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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