asserted
adjective
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assert
verb (used with object)
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contend, claim, stress, profess, uphold, affirm, defend, proclaim, say, press, argue, allege, cite, attest, predicate, avow, vindicate, advance, avouch, pronounceExamples from the Web for asserted
Contemporary Examples of asserted
“I cannot reiterate enough that there is so much abuse that goes on in this place,” he asserted.
It also harkened back to Ada Lovelace, who asserted that machines would be able to do almost anything, except think on their own.
Land, he asserted, should be owned by the public and government funded by rents.
The Persian frontier was the only firmly delineated border, asserted by mountains.
Think of the infamous August 1978 CIA assessment that asserted Iran was not in a revolutionary or pre-revolutionary state.
Historical Examples of asserted
It was asserted that the system was only slavery under another name.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
"And the jock'll have to stand the shot; I know how it goes," asserted the Tout.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
"We'll break the bad luck seven to-day," asserted little Redpath, bravely.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
"I don't think you'll go alone," asserted Jack Bates, grabbing his hat.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
The Imperial power had been asserted, but the cost was heavy.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill