allege
verb (used with object)
to assert without proof.
alleges
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present tense formof allege (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The change request instructs servicers to complete the task within 15 to 45 days, the suit alleges, and yet borrowers are still seeing the debt appear on their credit reports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The FBI alleges that from February 2022 until they were arrested, Love and Chan fraudulently solicited money from women in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The book alleges: "Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated - like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Kirk family’s new legal filing alleges that if campus surveillance cameras had been monitored in real time, officials could have spotted an armed individual heading to the roof before the shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
An unsubstantiated report alleges that a Ridgeback carried off a whale calf off the coast of Norway in 1802.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
