asserted

Example Sentences

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The California Teachers Assn. quickly asserted that schools are being shortchanged, estimating that $3.9 billion is being withheld.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Second, the attorney general asserted that Article 1, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution bars biological parents—like egg and sperm donors—from transferring their parental rights to another party.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Work on another nuclear-powered missile, the Burevestnik, and a nuclear-powered torpedo was "in its final stages", Putin asserted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

"I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. It's crazy," he asserted on Monday.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Since the new science had yet to establish its claim to authority, that claim had to be asserted by appealing to reality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton