1
as in insisted
to state as a fact usually forcefully
was tearfully averring his innocence
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2
as in declared
to state clearly and strongly
averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for averred
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Noboa has insisted the fuel subsidy cut is here to stay.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Altaylı denied the accusations and insisted that his comments had been taken out of context.—
Afşin Yurdakul,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bryan previously described himself as a libertarian and declared that his music wasn't political.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
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McLaughlin further alleged that Trebach blocked agents of Customs and Border Protection from carrying out their duties, and that led to her arrest.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rosie O'Donnell has alleged that her iconic, show-stopping, infamous on-air fight with The View cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck was an inside job.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gandy asserted a cumulative injury to multiple body parts, with the idea that wear and tear over his 15 seasons gradually worsened his health.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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Israel unleased a ferocious response that has claimed the lives of more then 67,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Yankees claimed a 9-6 comeback win, and announced their presence in the series with authority.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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That concept, Nix professed in July, is what will keep him from enduring an off year in Year 2.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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The White Lotus actors met at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles in 2007 and professed their love for one another just a few weeks later.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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He was never charged with any wrongdoing, Mamdani and other opponents have contended that Cuomo is still unfit to serve in office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Khan and his lawyers have contended that Netanyahu and his allies are exploiting a vulnerable woman in order to discredit the case against the Israeli leaders.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Many pundits mistakenly proclaimed the direct-to-consumer option would only benefit the uninsured and not help the majority of Americans who have private insurance coverage with prescription drug coverage.—
Bobby Jindal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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When his first film, 2009’s low-budget Daddy Longlegs, was playing at a single theater in New York, Safdie stood by the entrance wearing a sandwich board, one that loudly proclaimed THIS MOVIE EXISTS!—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Averred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/averred. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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