assertion

Example Sentences

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Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

"The assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe than others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities throughout history," he argued.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The stock’s decline also dovetails with a U.S. government appeal of a federal court ruling in September of 2024 that rejected tougher remedies to the assertion that it holds a monopoly in online search.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

I give it the first AI’s research memo and ask it to make a list of every single factual assertion, and then, to fact-check each claim several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Upon this occasion my father said, with an expression of unbounded wonder, “My dearest Victor, what infatuation is this? My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley