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assertion

[uh-sur-shuhn] / əˈsɜr ʃən /


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The owner of the building, the Canadian asset manager Brookfield, rejected that assertion, saying it does not have any outstanding sums due to BHV Marais.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Pub historian Charo Havermans agreed with that assertion.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Darcy’s sources said Weiss’ objections were not confined to a single factual assertion but ranged far more broadly, and that some on the team were unsure the report would even air at all.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

A White House official, in a statement, said that “any assertion Washington D.C. construction projects had anything to do with a decision about El Salvador TPS are false.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Gracious to a fault, Fowler comforted Lawrence with the gratifying assertion, surely untrue, that “for a long time Rutherford and Chadwick were nearly convinced that your explanation was right.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The repeated assertions at the top of the prospectus that “our co-founders have each pledged to dedicate 80% of their personal equity in Anthropic to philanthropic causes” are effectively meaningless.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, Britain’s Labour government stalled on corroborating its ally’s assertions while Labour held its annual conference and rallied to a new prime minister, Andy Burnham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But to do so overlooks the thrilling, genuinely thorny assertions contained in several of the season’s best films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Tuchel refuted assertions his decision to recall Palmer and Alexander-Arnold was an admission he'd got his World Cup squad wrong.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

With the passage of time Kelvin would become more forthright in his assertions and less correct.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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