asserted

Example Sentences

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As Alito asserted, “Social change has occurred throughout the country and particularly in the South.”

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Brooks decided to resign as a matter of honor, although he asserted that the House had no right to punish him since the caning had been a personal matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on April 3, the State Department asserted that they were the Iranian general’s grand-niece and niece.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The furniture retailer missed first-quarter earnings estimates, though CEO Niraj Shah asserted the company had outperformed the broader home furnishing category amid “a choppy start to the year.”

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“He urged me to ‘get out,’ ” Kamen recalled, “whereupon I hotly asserted that I had never been ‘in.’

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik