assertion
Example Sentences
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Previous U.S. administrations have been uncomfortable challenging that assertion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Cranston confirmed that assertion in a separate interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
These trends emerged despite the mayor's assertion that London's per capita homicide rate has fallen to its lowest level on record.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Lazlo did look at her, but more to offer an apologetic shrug than to consider Master Hyrrokkin’s assertion.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing assertion
The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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