reasserting

Definition of reassertingnext
present participle of reassert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasserting
Verb
  • For years, Putin has been asserting a vision of a world divided by a few powerful men into spheres of influence.
    M. Gessen, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The mayor called on ICE agents to leave the city, asserting that federal immigration authorities were ripping families apart and sowing chaos on Minneapolis streets.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There’s nothing anti-tech about insisting that invention and fairness coexist.
    Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Book blogs mourned my loss, a distinction that was both affirming and heartrending.
    Kenneth Turan, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention recently released new guidance on moving upstream, affirming the importance of connection, belonging, economic stability, and community-level protective factors.
    Scott LoMurray, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In the East Bay, this group brings together community organizations, public agencies and volunteers with the goal of maintaining a healthy, vibrant Oakland.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections policy, maintaining good personal hygiene, a clean living area and a positive attitude toward staff and other inmates, helps the prisoner advance to a new level.
    Ashlynd Baecht, The Frontier, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit also accuses the MD-11 model and its CF-6 engines of having a troubling safety history, alleging that the aircraft has been linked to multiple catastrophic failures and ranks among the least reliable commercial planes still in service.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Last month, Berry’s family filed a lawsuit against the city of Sacramento and RT alleging wrongful death alleging the agency neglected to ensure the safety of their passengers.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The document significantly lowered the threshold for the possible use of nuclear weapons, declaring that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on the country.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Even before declaring his presidential intentions, Vance received a powerful early endorsement in late December.
    Myra Adams, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Orbán, however, denied this, claiming that the Croatian government would need to enlarge the pipeline to meet Hungary’s needs.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His extraordinary journey from utter isolation to human connection is revealed in the Oscar-contending documentary Ghost Boy, directed by Rodney Ascher (Room 237, A Glitch in the Matrix), winner of the Audience Award at SXSW in the Visions category.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But the tariffs spooked American businesses, prompting a court challenge, contending that the president had exceeded his authority in imposing the tariffs.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Reasserting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasserting. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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