- present tense form of aver (3rd person singular).
avers
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Stephen Carter, author and Yale law professor, avers that “Democracy demands dialogue and dialogue flows from disagreement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
In 1981, he avers, there were no school shooters, no one was on meds, no one was a snowflake, security at LAX was lax and there was still a Tower Records on Ventura Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
At every turn, there’s a caress waiting, even if it’s a gambit for affection: “I got a lot on my mind, and I gotta share the pain,” Saint Levant avers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Twitter further avers that Tweets have a maximum length of 280 characters.
From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022
Tradition avers that Colonel Godfrey Malbone, seeing his house in flames, ordered the table removed to the lawn, and coolly finished his dinner there.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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