reasserted

past tense of reassert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasserted
Verb
  • More than a century into the debate about whether a corporation is a person, Stewart affirmed that a person can be a corporation—a public one, as of 1999, when shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia surged to almost two billion dollars in value.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The European Council affirmed its intention to inject funds into Ukraine’s military and defense budget in early 2026, but the $163 billion loan intended to be financed by Russian accounts held in European financial institutions was scrapped — at least until December.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Wirth asserted those groups are not true environmental organizations and stand to gain financially from the project.
    Chaewon Chung Updated October 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the facts asserted in Respondent's RFO were known at that time.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dylan insisted that the film needed every frame.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Still, his wife insisted that his refusal felt like a breach of trust.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vonn declared her initial refusal to visit the White House in December 2017, just ahead of the 2018 Pyeonchang Winter Olympics.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This marks the second time in two decades that the US has declared genocide in Sudan.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company claimed that the trial proved the Tiqker’s ability to operate reliably during multiple dives, proving its ability to work in real-world defense environments.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
  • During opening statements, Toscano claimed that Parker did not act on her authority to search the student or remove him from school, the Associated Press reported.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Alex killed Maggie and Paul to both cover up his financial crimes and to stop them from coming up in Paul's pending trial.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Among the main issues at trial was alleged maneuvering by McGraw to gain majority control of Merit Street to secure lucrative investments from family and friends at a $425 million valuation.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Super Bowl winner contended that with a five-game winning streak, maybe people will start believing more in this Bears team.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This time, the environmental advocacy group contended that San Diego’s supplemental analysis of the visual impacts of taller buildings, prepared in advance of the 2022 ballot measure, disregarded other consequential environmental factors.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday morning that left one person dead and another injured, the agency announced in a social media post.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Close to a million voters cast their ballots before the Democrats announced their plan, while the redistricting session took delegates off the trail during the final full week of campaigning.
    Jahd Khalil, NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Reasserted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasserted. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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