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This “is unacceptable. Without gas service, a simple but essential home-cooked meal becomes much more difficult,” they aver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

But many practitioners of Ayurveda or other traditional Indian medicine aver that the churning process used to prepare lassi breaks down the glial proteins in the dairy, making it even easier to digest.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

More important, they aver that inequality causes stress without admitting the possibility that some other factor is contributing to both, or indeed that social breakdown contributes to inequality.

From Economist ● Jun. 14, 2018

The speakers were divided into six groups which aver aged about 176 words each, or more than 1,000 words a day.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2017

“I aver, sir, 1 have so little conception of the direction of this interview' that I cannot offer any reply whatsoever.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

“I seen him ride,” one local avers, “and he ain’t no tenderfoot.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Stephen Carter, author and Yale law professor, avers that “Democracy demands dialogue and dialogue flows from disagreement.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

At every turn, there’s a caress waiting, even if it’s a gambit for affection: “I got a lot on my mind, and I gotta share the pain,” Saint Levant avers.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Twitter avers that the Musk Parties declined to undertake any due diligence prior to signing the Merger Agreement.

From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022

Thou shall be called a rock," now He avers, "Blessed art thou.

From The Making of an Apostle by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell

Then, as now, Ensign averred that he had incomplete information, and could only convey what he had been told.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2025

“Across the democratic community, there will always be differences of opinion,” he averred.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024

A blockade, he averred, was merely a necessary step to put down an internal insurrection.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Besides, CRS averred, it could chase some people away from applying for benefits they are entitled to.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

“Burnham had believed that he might best serve his country by placing all of the work exclusively with Eastern architects,” Sullivan wrote; “solely, he averred, on account of their surpassing culture.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

What did that even mean?—something akin to the counsel averring that “there is no sky.”

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2017

I’ve heard from more than one reader over the years averring that an orchestra’s role is simply to play the music of Beethoven, Brahms and their ilk: Forget contemporary stuff, much less diversity.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2016

In Washington elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, adviser on reconversion, prepared to break his peace, averring only in advance that the Government agencies which had wound the machine up should preside at its unwinding.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prosecutors kept the Bible out of discussion by averring that the Bible did not constitute the rule of faith except as interpreted by the Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster