assertive
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Zhu has argued for more assertive policies, including direct support for households and fiscal transfers to indebted local governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Building on last week’s lesson, this soup starts in the oven, where carrots, sweet potatoes, scallions, miso, hot honey and a deliberately assertive amount of spice get deeply caramelized before ever meeting the stockpot.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
He sees contradictions – uncertain youth in a powerful, assertive country; disillusionment despite huge advancement – and his job, he says, is to unpack what is driving it.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
This means that -- at least for now -- there will be no such vessel in the region, a boon for an assertive China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was a strong one this time, assertive and dogged, the same heart-yanking tug she’d been ignoring all week.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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