assertion
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The owner of the building, the Canadian asset manager Brookfield, rejected that assertion, saying it does not have any outstanding sums due to BHV Marais.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Pub historian Charo Havermans agreed with that assertion.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Action disputed the assertion in the Medicaid guidelines that treatment intensity doesn’t correlate with outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Darcy’s sources said Weiss’ objections were not confined to a single factual assertion but ranged far more broadly, and that some on the team were unsure the report would even air at all.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
In answer to this assertion, I can say, I never loved any or confided in any people more than my fellow-slaves, and especially those with whom I lived at Mr. Freeland’s.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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But he said that he understood that the review had "rejected" their assertions of bullying.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The repeated assertions at the top of the prospectus that “our co-founders have each pledged to dedicate 80% of their personal equity in Anthropic to philanthropic causes” are effectively meaningless.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The endorsement could give Raman a new rejoinder to Bass’ assertions that she struggles to work well with other political leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The comments by Britain’s leader back up earlier assertions by U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
New Agers make all sorts of existence assertions: that ESP exists, that there have been instances of spoon bending, that spirits abound, that there are aliens among us, etc.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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