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assert

[uh-surt] / əˈsɜrt /


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They also want the court to assert oversight, determining how much pumping should be curtailed and requiring the state to develop a long-term plan under its supervision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, in Central Asia, Uzbekistan is also close to Turkey while oil-rich Kazakhstan—eager to assert independence from Russia and nearby China—is close to Israel and joining the U.S.-created Abraham Accords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Generative AI systems are known for their ability to "hallucinate" and assert falsehoods as fact, even sometimes invent sources for inaccurate information.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

"The individuals implicated in these case studies are working scientists. We do not assert that they intended harm, and identifying them or their labs could expose them to harm," the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“What is a participle? Does it ever part with its verbal significance? Does it assert action?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

While “The Social Reckoning” might stand in the shadow of its formative predecessor, the film confidently asserts its own merit.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Duffy asserts that the new rule, which he dubs the “Freedom Means Affordable Cars” initiative, will cut the average cost of a new vehicle by $1,300.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The death of writing compounds the death of reading,” Mr. Marriott asserts, “further unmooring our culture from its foundations in the written word.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Golden also asserts that Oxford and Travis were covering for the original suspect, Jeramy Roebuck.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Italian border police stopped him, and Lee asserted asylum, claiming that prosecutors were seeking his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The item asserted that some Medicare and Medicaid cancer patients wait longer for treatment than those with private insurance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But the Spanish second seed asserted his authority to win 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 against world number 72 Faria in the New York night session.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The defense ministry has asserted the legality of its operations in Guaviare.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Since the new science had yet to establish its claim to authority, that claim had to be asserted by appealing to reality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

County attorneys responded to the plaintiffs with a letter asserting that they should have appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of the vested rights to the county Board of Supervisors within 90 days of the decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ICC expressed concern over those withdrawals, asserting that such countries risked undermining the collective pursuit of justice.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Last week, Bessent said the Strait of Hormuz would become “irrelevant” within two years, asserting 50% to 70% of the energy that transits the waterway will eventually flow through underground pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Just as Burnham had feared, union leaders began using the future fair as a vehicle for asserting such goals as the adoption of a minimum wage and an eight-hour day.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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