REAFFIRM Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

reaffirm

verb

Definition of reaffirm

as in to affirm

to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes. She reaffirmed her stance on the issue.

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Recent Examples of reaffirm The prosecution spent its final minutes with Mack trying to reaffirm that Clancy was only diagnosed with postpartum depression and not postpartum psychosis. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 He was swiftly condemned by many, while the NFL rushed to distance themselves from those views and reaffirm their commitment to wokeness. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Their chief executive, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, appeared on the club’s social media channels in July to reaffirm their stance. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Facing increasing isolation within the Mafia leadership, Bonanno tried to reaffirm his leadership by backing a plot to kill Gambino and Lucchese. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reaffirm

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaffirm

Verb

It's been one year since Michigan Medicine ended gender affirming care for patients under 19 years old.

— Jack Springgate, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Trial court rulings — affirmed by a Supreme Court majority in March — said parents have the right to demand information about their child’s gender identity at school.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of affirm

Verb

Furnace monitoring and high-temperature measurement systems, for example, require optical windows that can maintain their performance while allowing sensors or cameras to observe processes taking place at elevated temperatures.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
During that time, legendary Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer made the Hokies a brand on the national stage, while UVA struggled to maintain relevancy in the ACC.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of maintain

Verb

The people Greene makes films about look to reassert control over their realities and thus perhaps move forward.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
To reassert discipline, the Kremlin not only ramped up its use of selective repression but often drew on anti-spying legislation to do so.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of reassert

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Inputs divided by outputs established a unit-cost baseline that CFOs could optimize, benchmark and defend to the board.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The Late Show’s last hurrah now that CBS has pulled the plug, giving Colbert one last trophy for a show that won’t be around to defend it next year.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026