1
as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
was tearfully averring his innocence
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2
as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes
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Recent Examples of aver
The artist also averred that Germany was turning a blind eye to Islamophobia.
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News Desk, Artforum, 25 Nov. 2024
Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
The railroad avers that when events not under its control are excluded, its performance statistics significantly improve, and that NJT’s newer trains, purchased since 2018, are dramatically more reliable than the older cars in the fleet.
—Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2024
In Berlin, however, the Soviet ambassador to Germany, after months of equivocation, finally averred that Germany’s actions signaled an imminent invasion.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
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News Desk, Artforum, 25 Nov. 2024
Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
The railroad avers that when events not under its control are excluded, its performance statistics significantly improve, and that NJT’s newer trains, purchased since 2018, are dramatically more reliable than the older cars in the fleet.
—Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2024
In Berlin, however, the Soviet ambassador to Germany, after months of equivocation, finally averred that Germany’s actions signaled an imminent invasion.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
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Nowadays, the two positions blur together, but his father, Troy, and Harvard-Westlake coach David Rebibo insisted his aspirations were to be on the ball.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Shaban, an hour into his testimony, insisted again to Doucette that he was never charged with a crime.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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California declared a moratorium on offshore-drilling projects.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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But Roosevelt later declared his time there a glorious period of strenuous living and personal rebirth.—
Beverly Gage,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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All three lawsuits allege retaliation by town officials against the plaintiffs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI is now facing seven wrongful-death lawsuits, which allege that ChatGPT prompted several suicides and a murder.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Trump has asserted himself as the nation's top law enforcer in his second term, personally directing the attorney general and other top officials on whom to investigate and whom to prosecute.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The founders, who included Altman, Sutskever, Brockman, and Elon Musk, asserted that artificial intelligence could be the most powerful, and potentially dangerous, invention in human history, and that perhaps, given the existential risk, an unusual corporate structure would be required.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The news comes after SpaceX and xAI—the company behind X and Grok—merged in February, a partnership which Musk claims could one day lead to data centres in Earth's orbit.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Sixty-one names will be on the June 2 primary ballot, including 10 leaders who profess to be serious about seeking the office.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The promise is more audacious even than most who profess Christianity can fully understand.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Taunton will be defensively strong and leans on its captains – Joey Benoit (Brown), Corbin Melo (LF), Jeremy Knief and Dylan Keenun (SS) – to help a mostly new group of starters contend.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Whether that amounts to genuine policy momentum or, as critics contend, an elaborate exercise in reputation management may be the defining question of the political economy of the AI age.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors, in turn, are asking the appeals court to affirm the conviction and sentence.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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After a federal appeals court affirmed the decision, Hajda was ordered deported in November 1998.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Aver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aver. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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