assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
have been asserting
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present perfect progressiveof assert.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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And it's where, over the last 10 days or so, some trends have been asserting themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
Mexican-Americans have been asserting their rights with increasing militance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Enron's greatest failure may have been asserting that it could offset major risks by buying assets like utilities and then developing and trading complex financial instruments around them.
From Time Magazine Archive
In recent years, however, Dame Sibyl's subjects have been asserting an unwonted degree of independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Everything that you have been asserting Hope's daily life disproves."
From Malbone: an Oldport Romance by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
