assertion
Example Sentences
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Not so long ago, few Spaniards would have queried that assertion.
From BBC
His address - which lasted for more than an hour - contained a number of false assertions which BBC Verify has been looking at.
From BBC
But the US president's extraordinary assertion of US power on the world stage one year into his second term means Greenland will form the backdrop to the address.
From Barron's
Zionism is, in essence, a communitarian nationalism: the assertion of a people’s right to self-determination in its ancestral homeland.
Such assertions helped to reinforce the president’s bargaining power and encourage foreign governments to do deals with the U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
