assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Instead of projecting words asserting women’s rights outside the Capitol, these women will be asserting them inside it.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2012