assert

Example Sentences

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Doctors who use speech to harm their patients “can now assert a First Amendment right to carry on, regardless of these standards.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

How a former and sitting chair would coexist, how markets would interpret any disagreement between them, and how Warsh would assert authority in that environment are all open questions.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

It is much too soon to assert that this is likely or even plausible.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

To age is to find one’s appreciation for life’s daily joys sharpen, especially as more inconvenient realities assert themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

All this seemed due to a teacher who couldn’t figure out how to assert control—who didn’t seem to like children, even.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama