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assert
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assert as in:  asserted her opinion that...

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The defense also asserts that the defendant has no previous record of crime.
asserts = says
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    She asserts that her opponent lacks managerial experience.
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    She uses statistics to support her assertion that the regulators are barring competition in the industry rather than preventing abuses.
    assertion = claim
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    Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself;  (source)
    assert = state or say
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    He said that he'd only been trying to teach the POWs military discipline, and asserted that he'd been acting under orders.  (source)
    asserted = said
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    This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.  (source)
    assertion = statement that something is true
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    "I admit," Teabing said, "the assertions are dire, but you must understand the Church's powerful motivations to conduct such a cover-up.†  (source)
    assertions = statements claimed as truth
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    The business man who assumes that this life is everything, and the mystic who asserts that it is nothing, fail, on this side and on that, to hit the truth.  (source)
    asserts = says (something is true -- especially something disputed)
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    Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary?  (source)
    assert = say (that something is true)
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    She persisted in asserting that she had not taken the brooch.  (source)
    asserting = saying
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    "Dodge Anders has escaped!" Jack of Diamonds asserted, louder than the others.  (source)
    asserted = said forcefully
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    I shuddered to hear the infatuated assertion.  (source)
    assertion = statement that something is true
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    See the sketchbook, hear Mr. Harvey's assertions about the cornfield.†  (source)
    assertions = statements claimed as truth
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    Once he stops walking, his foot asserts itself: there's a regular throbbing, it feels hot and tight, as if it's crammed into a tiny shoe.†  (source)
    asserts = says (that something is true -- especially something disputed)
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assert as in:  asserted her authority

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She says women should assert themselves more.
assert = be forceful in exercising influence or rights
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    To have a well-behaved dog, it is important that you assert your dominance.
    assert = be forceful in exercising influence
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    He seemed to have moved beyond his need to assert so adamantly his autonomy, his need to separate himself from his parents.  (source)
    assert = forcefully put into action
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    We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants.  (source)
    assert = declare
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    Louie looked up, saw a face he didn't recognize, and felt an upswell of dread, knowing that a new guard would likely assert his authority.  (source)
    assert = forcefully put into action
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    In fact, he had even found himself quoting his father to Sofia on the subject, asserting that the only things that came from the practice were foolhardy acts, ill-advised liaisons, and gambling debts.†  (source)
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    Ender had been awarded the rank of admiral, too, and this was one of the few times he asserted the privileges the rank implied.  (source)
    asserted = exercised forcefully
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    Walter was notified that he was being sent to Poland, to continue the assertion of Germany's authority over both the Poles and Jews alike.  (source)
    assertion = process of exercising (power and rights)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Dill's maleness was beginning to assert itself.  (source)
    assert = to be forceful in exercising influence
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    But there is no minimum age for kidnapping, so the Orange County judge sentenced Antonio to imprisonment until death, asserting that he was a dangerous gang member who could never change or be rehabilitated, despite his difficult background and the absence of any significant criminal history.†  (source)
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    Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted.  (source)
    asserted = exercised forcefully
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    Maybe he was comforted by Louie's assertion of control, protected thereby from the awful possibilities that his imagination hung before him.  (source)
    assertion = process of exercising (power and rights)
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    Even now he dared not assert himself but held the Bible uncertainly in his hands and asked, "What would you have me read, sir?"  (source)
    assert = be forceful in exercising influence or rights
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    In the years that followed, I failed her so many times, each time asserting my own will, my right to fall short of expectations.†  (source)
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