assertiveness
Example Sentences
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The measure authorizes roughly $8 billion more than the administration requested, a signal of congressional assertiveness on defense priorities.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
Tesla’s self-driving cars are also safe but evince greater assertiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
The apprehension he exhibited in his first major league season has been replaced by assertiveness, leading to him terrorizing hitters of whom he used to be overly respectful.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
Freema Agyeman plays the Nurse, the affable go-between who enables the lovers’ forbidden affair, with a fine blend of sassy assertiveness and quasi-maternal tenderness.
From New York Times • May 24, 2024
He put indignant conviction into this, pouncing on the first sprig of assertiveness in me.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
