assertion

Example Sentences

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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

I give it the first AI’s research memo and ask it to make a list of every single factual assertion, and then, to fact-check each claim several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

But she did not read that assertion aloud.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

There’s a lot of data that backs this assertion up.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

But as she walked through the house she thought again and again of Richard’s words, and his assertion that he knew honesty did not come easy for her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland