assert
Example Sentences
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Doctors who use speech to harm their patients “can now assert a First Amendment right to carry on, regardless of these standards.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
How a former and sitting chair would coexist, how markets would interpret any disagreement between them, and how Warsh would assert authority in that environment are all open questions.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
As most analysts see it, Beijing does not need a new law to assert its power across the country.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
But the writers are never not looking for ways to assert their intellectual or even theological bona fides.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
On the one hand conservationists and many wildlife biologists assert that the losses have been severe and in some cases even catastrophic.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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