reasserted

past tense of reassert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasserted
Verb
  • The council’s decision affirmed the Planning Commission’s denial.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Stars asserted dominion over their kingdom, their names airbrushed on walls (Bow Wow) and etched into marble floors (Missy Elliott).
    Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The settlement agreement also includes a provision that Sholes pay an existing medical lien asserted by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Negotiations remain deadlocked over health care funding, which Democrats have insisted must be addressed in any deal to reopen the government.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Yet Fulton County officials have still insisted the ballots could not be copied or released.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has been declared the next mayor of New York City, according to NBC News and CNN.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the silent spacecraft.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Sam Altman, of OpenAI, has claimed that generative AI could bring about the end of human civilization, and that AI poses a risk of extinction on a par with nuclear warfare and global pandemics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In his lawsuit, Vianello claimed that the local ordinance that allowed the city to issue nearly $30 million in general obligation bonds to fund the construction and renovations violates the Kansas Constitution and statutory requirements for a bond election.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Davis is alleged to have dragged Rossel through a stairwell, kitchen and back exit before assaulting her in a parking garage.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Critics alleged that Cheney was really the man in charge at the White House.
    Don Gonyea, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Supporters have contended that clips of the speech, including one shared by DHS from MEMRI, were edited in a way that misrepresented his intent.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That will be followed by Study 02 next year featuring different hardware using stainless steel with 18-karat gold plating sourced from China, where Canadas contended hardware technology surpasses European alternatives.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Energy Minister Abbas Alibadi also announced that water supplies will be cut off on some evenings to refill reservoirs, urging citizens to reduce consumption by 20% to avoid rationing.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The pair announced their engagement on October 5, 2025, with a joint Instagram post of what appeared to be an engagement shoot with photos of Destiny showing glimpses of her new rock.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Reasserted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasserted. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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