assert

Example Sentences

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Then he telegraphed his core anxiety about the selection—that candidates “say everything I want to hear” during interviews, only to assert their independence once they have been confirmed.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is uncharted water. Never before in the country’s history has the government asserted this type of power,” attorney Jonathan Hafetz told The Guardian.

From Salon

The companies are expected to argue any asserted harms are caused by third-party users.

From BBC

Rather than assert executive-branch authority aggressively, he relied on the courts and ultimately Congress to assert their power.

From The Wall Street Journal

It asserted America's right to dominate the Western hemisphere and keep European powers from trying to meddle in the newly independent states of Latin America.

From BBC