reasserts

verb

present tense third-person singular of reassert
as in reaffirms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasserts
  1. reaffirms
  2. asserts
  3. affirms
  4. insists
  5. contends
  6. declares
  7. alleges
  8. maintains
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  • Russia reaffirms Beijing ties after US-China truce Russia is seeking to reaffirm ties with China after Beijing patched up relations with the US last week.
    — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of reaffirms
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  • The administration asserts wartime authority for the strikes, a legal premise human-rights organizations dispute.
    — Saul Hudson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Advertisement In District Nine, meanwhile, Niven asserts that incumbent Democrats were well liked and Republicans failed to produce a competitive candidate.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of asserts
Verb
  • While Chicago still has way too much gun violence, a growing body of research from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago affirms CVI is saving lives and reducing shootings.
    — Arne Duncan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The experience affirms Brenna's decision to pursue a teaching career.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of affirms
Verb
  • Brown, of Relativity, insists that adopting AI is a necessary move to maintain healthy peer-to-peer and global competition.
    — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • To our confoundment, the script insists that Gary, now retired, was the rare honest NYPD officer — and, weirder still, acts like that was obvious.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of insists
Verb
  • The union contends that University of Illinois workers were given 2% raises in August but the advanced practice providers were not.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Hanson contends that if passed, many renters won't need to ever invoke the policy.
    — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of contends
Verb
  • Its enduring contribution to the state, the university itself often declares, is rooted in the quality of the education students receive.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The settlement contains a provision denying wrongdoing except as expressly established in the judgment, which declares the district’s wristband ban unconstitutional.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of declares
Verb
  • The indictment alleges that McDonnell spent some of the funds paying creditors and Bellum Entertainment’s payroll.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Linda Gilbert, who was 78 at the time of the incident, alleges that hospital staff injected the wrong drug into her spinal canal during the procedure.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of alleges
Verb
  • Reebok is bringing Allen Iverson’s signature sneaker legacy into the modern performance basketball footwear conversation with a new Recoded upgrade that maintains the original look and feel of the classic Question Mid model.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Seeed designs and manufactures the hardware, while TRMNL maintains the firmware, plugins, and hosted service.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
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