as in to allege
to state as a fact usually forcefully
she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary
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Recent Examples of insist
In pleadings, lawyers for the state have insisted the Justice Department has no business telling the state how to care for Florida’s children.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Though widely acclaimed as a sculptor, Noguchi spent five decades working to pull sculpture off its proverbial pedestal, insisting that it be lived in—embedded in plazas, parks, and playgrounds as sites of civic interaction.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Pannek insists that helping teammates play their best to the best of their abilities is what matters now.
—Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
How much Trump is spending on the ballroom renovations continues to make headlines, but the president has insisted that taxpayers will not be funding the bill.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Though widely acclaimed as a sculptor, Noguchi spent five decades working to pull sculpture off its proverbial pedestal, insisting that it be lived in—embedded in plazas, parks, and playgrounds as sites of civic interaction.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Pannek insists that helping teammates play their best to the best of their abilities is what matters now.
—Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
How much Trump is spending on the ballroom renovations continues to make headlines, but the president has insisted that taxpayers will not be funding the bill.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for insist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insist
Verb
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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
Verb
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Taiwan is self-ruled but China claims the island as part of its territory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, claimed that the talks set for Saturday would not happen unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 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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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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But maintaining security over the waterway would require a high-risk, resource-intensive operation that could be a years-long American commitment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Warriors maintained a double-digit lead for most of the third period, but the Kings came back to cut the deficit to four after closing the quarter with a 9-0 run.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Oltmann briefly ran for governor before declaring his candidacy to become the state GOP’s chairman.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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Kylie Jenner has officially declared this Coachella to be all about the Y2K throwbacks.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Insist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insist. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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