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reassert

verb

Definition of reassert

as in to reaffirm

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Recent Examples of reassert The council has been, from the beginning, an arena in which the conservative bureaucratic party struggled with the attempts of foreign bishops to reassert their privilege in the Church. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 While heavy foreign equity selling earlier this year weighed on the won, Goldman said those outflows have slowed, allowing the currency's strong external fundamentals to reassert themselves. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Pre-2022 patterns will reassert themselves, with India sourcing more from the Middle East and East Africa. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Moreover, institutions must reassert a philosophical defense of education itself. — Jason Benedict, Fortune, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reassert

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The national open letter, which included more than a dozen signatories from UC Berkeley and UC Irvine law schools, asked Frenk to reaffirm that the law school and its centers could invite speakers on a full range of topics.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
His company is almost entirely remote and global, so this gathering was a chance to reaffirm bonds, values and meaning.

— Kelly Leonard, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of reaffirm

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The government’s resources, Marset’s legal team asserts, would have been better spent pursuing other targets.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The fund asserted in its letter that a potential strategic buyer of the entire company could subsequently divest assets, shifting the execution risk of such sales away from Devon holders.

— David Faber, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of assert

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The high court affirmed that the Missouri congressional map passed in 2022, which gives Republicans a 6-2 advantage over Democrats, should be used for the November election in a per curiam ruling.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Bonta, the state’s top law enforcement officer, also filed suit, asking the court to affirm his authority over local sheriffs.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of affirm

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Rather than insisting that these whales continue with their life, which is a human decision, perhaps they should be allowed to die gracefully and respectfully on their own.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Cage solved my next problem by insisting that the way to discover new things is to overcome our dependence on our likes and dislikes, those supposed pillars of criticism.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of insist

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Located 20 minutes from the airport, in an area of Bali increasingly dominated by luxury tourism, Jimbaran Bay has maintained its high quality—in service and facilities alike—for three decades.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Doing so would entail repairing cracks that admit water, maintaining the foundations of each section, applying a sealant to slow the weathering process, and keeping the encroachment of vegetation in check.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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Georgia Power is adding an unprecedented amount of new electricity to its power grid, much of which will come from gas plants, which critics contend will produce more planet-warming greenhouse gases.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The color line As in Germany, historians contend that Southern Jews who wanted reforms, which wound up making worship more similar to a Protestant service, were responding to the overwhelmingly Christian makeup of the society around them.

— Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

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