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assertion

[uh-sur-shuhn] / əˈsɜr ʃən /


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The stock’s decline also dovetails with a U.S. government appeal of a federal court ruling in September of 2024 that rejected tougher remedies to the assertion that it holds a monopoly in online search.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In a filing, the Justice Department accepted a court’s appointment of Robert Frazer as head of New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, an abrupt reversal of its assertion that courts have no such power.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

You might roll your eyes at the quasi-hippie assertion, but 100 pages later, you will nod your head sagely in agreement.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

An assertion is not worth making unless it is smothered in phrases like “it is worth noting,” “importantly,” or “generally speaking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

This assertion generated immediate merriment among the restaurant owners and far finishers assembled in our living room.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides