assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
had asserted
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past perfectof assert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In written remarks prepared for the hearing, Gabbard had asserted those attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment programme, and Iran had made "no efforts" to rebuild it.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
While others had asserted the rise was due to increased awareness and broadened diagnostic criteria, Hertz-Picciotto found those factors could only partially explain it.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2025
The Kennedy campaign had asserted that many of those state ballot petitions would be approved by the June 20 deadline.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Stewie had not been cremated when Balog picked him up, although Nuñez had asserted that the cremation had been performed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
“I was the victim and the victor,” he asserted, much as generations of American plunderers had asserted before.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
