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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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“Insist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insist. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of insist was in 1586
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