assertion
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Leaver also challenged the assertion that there had been little other interest in redeveloping Manchester around the time the Manchester Life partnership was formed.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The owner of the building, the Canadian asset manager Brookfield, rejected that assertion, saying it does not have any outstanding sums due to BHV Marais.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Action disputed the assertion in the Medicaid guidelines that treatment intensity doesn’t correlate with outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
A new element in some recent stories is the assertion that the wealthy are so financially straitened they’re cutting back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
With obvious pleasure Rosy showed Francis her data, and for the first time he was able to see how foolproof was her assertion that the sugar- phosphate backbone was on the outside of the molecule.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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However, Gulf officials say those assertions are designed to sow panic among shippers and doubts about the Americans’ demining effort, with the ultimate aim of disrupting the flow of oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The repeated assertions at the top of the prospectus that “our co-founders have each pledged to dedicate 80% of their personal equity in Anthropic to philanthropic causes” are effectively meaningless.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
In separate documents filed as part of Mountbatten-Windsor's legal challenge against the warrants, he said: "These assertions were no more than speculation."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Department statistics confirm those assertions and also show that last year, property crimes were broadly down from 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Masondo could be a volatile fellow, and he was vehement in his assertions that no tigers had ever been found in Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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