assertive

Example Sentences

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Most large importers—Walmart and Home Depot among them—haven’t embraced Costco’s assertive legal posture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

It marked the latest victory in Turkey's increasingly assertive push to recover antiquities illegally taken abroad -- a campaign supported by a newly-developed AI tool for identifying cultural assets of Turkish origin.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Perhaps spurred on by Washington's assertive approach, there is some evidence that European partners are willing to take more robust action too.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

“I still want to see the Sistine Chapel,” she says while we walk, her footsteps assertive as she crunches through the snow.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott