asserted
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Google, meanwhile, asserted that the case “misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site.”
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Blumenthal asserted that, according to a whistleblower, ICE agents have been instructed to break into homes and Mullin pushed back, accusing Blumenthal of using the term break in "loosely".
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Iranian state media asserted that the women had been pressured to stay in Australia, and would be welcomed if they returned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
One platform’s founder claimed the prediction market represents “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now,” while another’s leader asserted the platform is “replacing debate, subjectivity, and talk with markets, accuracy, and truth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Only one allele had asserted itself in the hybrid, forcing the other variant trait to vanish.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.