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as in declares
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 argues
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 insists
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 asserts
Wizman asserts that competitors vastly overprice eyewear, claiming a $1 production cost for items sold for hundreds.
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Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
But Mike Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics for Fox Sports, asserts that the viewers have been there all along.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
And it is backed by a legal idea known as the unitary-executive theory, which asserts, as Justice Antonin Scalia put it in 1988, that the president possesses all federal executive power.
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Mark Histed,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
The Big 12’s overarching thesis is that Texas Tech shouldn’t be able to play an athlete who has admitted to betting on his own team and who, the conference asserts, has placed thousands of bets on college and pro sports either directly or through an intermediary from 2022 to 2026.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
The lawsuit asserts claims of legal malpractice and breach of contract against Balch & Bingham and Anulewicz.
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Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Heinz asserts that their ketchup is shelf-stable due to its natural acidity but should be refrigerated after opening to maintain its quality.
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Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
As a contractor for Spirit, the lawsuit asserts, AGI should have known that the airline was a company in distress.
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David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing and asserts that Vorcaro’s money was used to produce a movie about his father’s life.
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ABC News,
26 May 2026
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
But Mike Mulvihill, president of insights and analytics for Fox Sports, asserts that the viewers have been there all along.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
And it is backed by a legal idea known as the unitary-executive theory, which asserts, as Justice Antonin Scalia put it in 1988, that the president possesses all federal executive power.
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Mark Histed,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
The Big 12’s overarching thesis is that Texas Tech shouldn’t be able to play an athlete who has admitted to betting on his own team and who, the conference asserts, has placed thousands of bets on college and pro sports either directly or through an intermediary from 2022 to 2026.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
The lawsuit asserts claims of legal malpractice and breach of contract against Balch & Bingham and Anulewicz.
—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Heinz asserts that their ketchup is shelf-stable due to its natural acidity but should be refrigerated after opening to maintain its quality.
—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
As a contractor for Spirit, the lawsuit asserts, AGI should have known that the airline was a company in distress.
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David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing and asserts that Vorcaro’s money was used to produce a movie about his father’s life.
—
ABC News,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asserts
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Pick for freshness, with the goal of making wines with real structure, and the valley declares itself.
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Instead, several of Kendall’s key allies are cowed by Logan’s intimidating presence — even Roman buckles under the pressure — and the media titan declares victory.
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Trump argues the ballroom is necessary for security reasons, and amplified that assertion after the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April.
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The article argues that while compromise may offer short-term gains, steadfast adherence to one's beliefs builds lasting trust and reputational capital.
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Now the glowing screen sits in each person’s hand, and every feed insists that its user is seeing something different.
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Lasdun, by contrast, insists on delivering a meticulous retelling of the Murdaugh case, complete with byzantine subplots involving the suspicious death of the family’s housekeeper and the murder of another local teenager.
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But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
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Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
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Alpha-gal was more of a private enterprise, another rumor contends.
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Uber contends this arrangement has created an incentive for doctors and attorneys to collude to dramatically inflate medical bills.
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Yet park rangers continued to cite Hubbard under that section, issuing two misdemeanor citations in May 2025, as well as a third that cited a different section of the ordinance, the most recent lawsuit alleges.
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The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
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All proudly professes himself as a man of faith.
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After the massive trauma crisis is resolved, Owen professes his desire to be with Teddy and move to Paris, where Teddy was considering a once-in-a-lifetime research position.
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Now a controversial study claims that working from home worsened mental health.
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The video claims to show a FAB-500 aerial glide bomb destroying a UAV command post near Novopavlovka and a temporary deployment area in the Kherson region.
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“Asserts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asserts. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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