assertion

Example Sentences

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There is a major problem with this bold assertion: The Supreme Court has instructed lower courts never to assume that a precedent has been silently overruled by later decisions that seem to conflict with it.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

But it has walked a fine line over six weeks of war in the region, describing open waters in the strait as of global interest, while avoiding any condemnation of Iran’s assertion of control.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

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

On Thursday, the U.K. government released a statement saying that its pharmaceutical companies wouldn’t be tariffed—an assertion the Trump official confirmed, saying that U.K. drugmakers had already committed to invest in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

It would take months to contradict every other wild assertion in Miss Skeeter’s book.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling