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assertion

[uh-sur-shuhn] / əˈsɜr ʃən /


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The lawsuits also challenge the assertion that Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account was actually banned.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

She also questioned the prime minister's assertion that "no pressure existed whatsoever" on the Civil Service to approve Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The Rich Township school spokesman disputed the assertion, saying, “Those percentages are not accurate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She has often repeated her mentor’s assertion of colonial-era atrocities in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The golden ratio was favored by artists and nature alike and seemed to prove the Pythagorean assertion that music, beauty, architecture, nature, and the very construction of the cosmos were all intertwined and inseparable.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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