assertion
Example Sentences
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Others simply mocked the assertion that a new ballroom would sew up the president’s apparent security concerns.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
The lawsuits also challenge the assertion that Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account was actually banned.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
She also questioned the prime minister's assertion that "no pressure existed whatsoever" on the Civil Service to approve Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
“There is nothing credible that she will offer the government, and the assertion that she would provide information is simply a smoke screen.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
From some of the nation’s leading scientists would come denunciations of Oppenheimer, veiled and overt, among them Edward Teller’s assertion that “I personally would feel more secure if public matters would rest in other hands.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing assertion
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