allege
verb (used with object)
to assert without proof.
is alleging
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present progressiveof allege (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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David Maltinsky filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the federal district court in Washington, D.C., and is alleging his dismissal violated the First Amendment and his equal-protection rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
It is not immediately clear what the objections are to the Jan. 27 election, though a union statement suggests that Whole Foods Market is alleging coercion and intimidation on the part of organizers.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2025
Now, Baldoni is alleging in his 179-page complaint that he is not at fault, and that the high-profile battle is "not a case about celebrities sniping at each other in the press".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
“The government is alleging that promises were made to investors and promises were broken.”
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023
And by these and similar arguments he will endeavour to prove that the excuse is admissible, and is admissible in this law, and that the excuse which he himself is alleging ought to be admitted.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
