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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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
Coinbase had asserted that the SEC was wrong “on the facts and the law,” and that “the case should never have been filed in the first place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
She had asserted herself as one of the favourites for gold by beating Ethiopia's Habitam Alemu and 2022 medallist Halimah Nakaayi to qualify fastest for Sunday's final.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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
