reasserting

verb

present participle of reassert
as in reaffirming

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasserting
  1. asserting
  2. insisting
  3. affirming
  4. maintaining
  5. alleging
  6. declaring
  7. claiming
  8. contending
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  • Wyden also declared expanding healthcare and asserting authority over trade policy as legislative priorities for the upcoming session.
    — Spencer Kimball,Garrett Downs,Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Then in June, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a memo asserting that Section 504 and the ADA don’t actually mandate that states support disabled people to remain integrated in their communities.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of asserting
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  • Trump has made false claims about voting fraud, such as insisting noncitizens are casting ballots en masse.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • If anything, such excessive spending from the world’s richest man sparked a backlash and counter-campaign insisting Texas was not for sale.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of insisting
Verb
  • In a move designed to attract more voters, lawmakers attached language that would place a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the Missouri Constitution.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Opponents argued the measure would also enable the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors to be overturned.
    — Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of affirming
Verb
  • Developing and maintaining them can also require substantial investment in sensors, computing infrastructure, software integration, and specialized expertise.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Now King Ghidorah is back once again in Godzilla Minus Zero, maintaining his extraterrestrial origin story and once again challenging Godzilla to an epic kaiju battle.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of maintaining
Verb
  • OpenAI faces several lawsuits from state AGs and plaintiff attorneys, taking cues from the social media suits in alleging that the design of ChatGPT can pose risks to children.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The family of a victim who suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken nose filed a lawsuit against Mater Dei and the Diocese of Orange, alleging the Mater Dei administration covered up the incident.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of alleging
Verb
  • There are, naturally, a few bones to pick before declaring victory over aging.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • While the Associated Press had not called that race by late Wednesday and the Republican candidate, Dan Green, had not conceded publicly, Soto sent out a statement declaring victory.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of declaring
Verb
  • In November 2023, a lawsuit was filed against UnitedHealthcare, claiming one of its subsidiaries denied claims for post-acute care using an artificial intelligence program without human review.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gwinnett County was sued by a coalition of left-wing voting rights groups, including the ACLU, SPLC, and Legal Defense Fund, over the weekend, claiming that 1,820 residents did not receive their mail ballots.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of claiming
Verb
  • To shoot their Oscar-contending film Still Standing, directors Víctor Tadashi Suárez and Livia Albeck-Ripka donned hazmat suits – for good reason.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In the eyes of Lakers coach JJ Redick, each game the Lakers (5-2) play is a step in a process aimed at becoming a championship-contending team.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of contending
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