assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
are asserting
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present progressiveof assert.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are asserting ownership of their country, with young people raised under repression standing beside elders who remember freedom.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
“These guys are asserting their humanity through trying to prepare food as best they can, through the care package system that’s available to them,” Kinmont said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
On social media platforms such as Reddit and X, fans are asserting their freedom of expression, saying that cricketers are overly sensitive.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
You are not being “Too Asian,”; you are asserting the name by which you wish to be called.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2020
If, then, we are asserting identity of denotation, we must not mean by denotation the mere relation of a name to the thing named.
From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
