assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
has been asserting
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present perfect progressiveof assert (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The “verdict reaffirms what the Argentine justice system has been asserting through numerous rulings for decades,” the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Association, whose building was the target of the attack, said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
O’Brien has been asserting executive privilege in declining to provide some of the information that prosecutors are seeking from him, the CNN report added.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2023
But her campaign has begun to talk about her “black agenda,” as Harris has been asserting herself as the candidate most able to speak candidly about issues of race.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2019
In recent years, China has been asserting claims in the region and has built up atolls and islands to be large enough to stage military exercises.
From US News ● Jul. 13, 2016
A German newspaper, it seems, has been asserting that the mere terror of the submarine has swept the seas clean at one blow.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 by Various
