as in declarations
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
a continued insistence that there was a massive cover-up by the government
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Noun
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The court did not address whether the administration must refund more than $130 billion in tariffs already collected under the emergency declarations.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Unlike authoritative declarations of truth, fiction has no obligation to dispel ambiguity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The comments followed controversy over Stephen Colbert's assertions that CBS decided not to air its interview with Talarico because of the rule.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Meta attorney Kevin Huff pushed back on those assertions in his opening statement, highlighting an array of efforts by the company to weed out harmful content from its platforms while warning users that some dangerous content still gets past its safety net.—
Barbara Ortutay,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Insistences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistences. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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