asserted

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Kimberly Ann Polk was previously a substitute teacher in Montgomery County, Md., until the district enforced its policy to require addressing students with the pronouns of their asserted gender identities.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a statement Lord Doyle said Morton had repeatedly asserted his innocence at the time and only later changed his plea to guilty.

From BBC

"At the point of my campaigning support, Morton repeatedly asserted to all those who knew him his innocence, including initially in court," Lord Doyle said.

From BBC

“This area remains early, but it is beginning to progress toward commercialization,” analysts asserted.

From Barron's

Karl Marx asserted that “philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world . . . the point, however, is to change it.”

From The Wall Street Journal