assertive
Example Sentences
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The U.A.E.’s newly assertive approach is a fundamental shift in its strategic outlook, said officials from a Persian Gulf state.
It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.
From Salon
It marked the latest victory in Turkey's increasingly assertive push to recover antiquities illegally taken abroad -- a campaign supported by a newly-developed AI tool for identifying cultural assets of Turkish origin.
From Barron's
The US security umbrella is particularly relevant in the face of an increasingly assertive China.
From Barron's
Docter was the least assertive member of the braintrust, according to people who worked with him, and seemed happiest focusing on the emotional core of his own movies.
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