insisted

verb

past tense of insist
as in claimed
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 insisted At his funeral back in Chicago, the boy’s mother, Mamie Till, insisted on an open casket so all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 Antonetti insisted that taking on salary would not be prohibitive. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Ahead of the visit, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted Tehran was not seeking further mediation with the US. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Iran has long insisted its program is peaceful, and it isn’t believed by the IAEA or the West to have had an active military nuclear program since 2003. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 July 2026 However, the protesters and opposition parties swiftly rejected Modi’s proposal and insisted that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan quit first, with opposition groups disrupting Parliament for the fourth day this week. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026 Iran has repeatedly insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 July 2026 That same source insisted to People that Jolie is no longer angry at her 62-year-old ex-husband. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 July 2026 But as head coach Sean McVay has insisted since the trade for Garrett, championships aren’t handed to you. — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insisted
  1. claimed
  2. alleged
  3. asserted
  4. contended
  5. declared
  6. maintained
  7. protested
  8. announced
Verb
  • Mohebi claimed that in the last two weeks Iran had destroyed a wide variety of US military facilities across the region.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
  • Walter was killed just one day after a fatal crash claimed the life of another e-scooter rider in Brooklyn.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of claimed
Verb
  • While the health plan designed the system to be fair, patients and their lawyers have alleged that in reality Kaiser’s greater knowledge of arbitrators’ past rulings and its ability to veto arbitrators gives it an advantage to pick favorable judges.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Unsealed court records later alleged image files tied to an email account linked to Sanford.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • The third and final cause of action asserted by RCA sought injunctive relief against the Hus to basically stop them from continuing to complain about the warehouses.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • In particular, the prosecutors asserted that the government's basis for seeking the subpoenas was sound.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
Definition of asserted
Verb
  • The former five-star recruit never seriously contended for a starting job there, what with Mario Cristobal bringing in Bo Nix before Thompson’s second season.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The Texas Comptroller should be someone who acts non-partisanly, Eckhardt contended.
    — Rachel Royster July 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • Craig Harris reported at 12News that the level of fraud and unallowable purchases was not the 1% declared by voucher supporters like state Schools Chief Tom Horne, but closer to 20%.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Construction on the facility began in 2020; at the time, Iran declared the facility to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency as a future facility to assemble the centrifuges that make nuclear fuel.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of declared
Verb
  • The spokesperson maintained that the grand jury had a right to hear from material witnesses and said the department’s inquiry would continue.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
  • Southeast Asian cinema also maintained a strong presence through honors for filmmakers from Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of maintained
Verb
  • China’s policy of issuing stapled visas—a type of visa that is stapled to a passport and not directly stamped—to some residents of the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh was protested by the Indian government.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
  • This trend is in evidence across the region, where voting constituencies have consistently protested corruption and called for democratic decision-making in recent years.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of protested
Verb
  • That contrasts with the 'shock and awe' approach that underpinned the sweeping 'Liberation Day' levies announced in April 2025, which sent markets plummeting.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • It was first announced during 2012’s Star Wars Celebration, with the voice cast including Green, Felicia Day, Donald Faison, Seth MacFarlane, Andy Richter, Jennifer Hale, and Zachary Levi.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of announced

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