assert

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Still, Intel’s advance has been so strong in such a short time that market realities could assert themselves even if the stock thesis is valid.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 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

“Hip-hop has become the global language of resistance — the musical form through which the dispossessed and disenfranchised articulate grievance and assert dignity,” Singh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The instincts of the military wife were beginning to assert themselves, the old efficiency of stealing away from temporary homes and entering the bloodstream of highways heading to new quarters.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy