asserting
Example Sentences
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They have asked the regulator to scrutinize the transaction, asserting that the combined company could concentrate too much market power, stifle competition and lead to higher prices and poorer service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Farmer Tom believed the peacock was asserting his dominance and despite the bird running riot on his land, he was able to capture it and get it safely in a pen.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
You could say instead that lying is deliberately asserting what one knows to be false.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Iran is asserting control of the waterway, and has begun setting up a fee-based system to let ships through.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“I should not like to be understood as asserting that all keepers are brutal, or even a majority of them,” he wrote.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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