assert

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Mattammal said he’s focused on curriculum, job readiness, data collection and analysis and on promoting innovation, although all the candidates would assert earnestness in these arenas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It has also established a “malicious entity list” of foreign organizations and individuals that it says assert “unjustified extraterritorial jurisdiction” over Chinese entities and people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

For every person we get out, there are scores in the same facility, with the same rights, and no one to assert them.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Third parties can also file briefs with the court to assert their own arguments; these are known as “friend of the court” or amicus curiae briefs.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

For the second time that evening Emily was obliged to assert her rights over written messages passing through her household.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan