assertion

Example Sentences

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Trump’s assertion that the talks were productive was met with pushback from Iranian officials, who denied that the discussions were taking place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

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

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 Pascal’s simple experiment demolished Aristotle’s assertion that nature abhors a vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife