reassert
verb
re·as·sert
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 
-a-
reasserted; reasserting; reasserts
: to assert (something) again
She reasserted her authority.
Even better, they had won two of their first three games and were reasserting their status as the team to beat …—
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After a brief return to local control in the 1930s, the state reasserted authority over Kansas City police to weaken political boss Tom Pendergast, who had used the department for patronage and election fraud.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reasserting the principle that strong states can swallow weaker neighbors.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
But the reigning champs promptly reasserted control, opening the fourth quarter with a 16-4 run in just four minutes to put the game back out of reach.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
The courts or Congress could reassert their constitutional prerogatives and slow or stop some of these actions.
—Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reasserting the principle that strong states can swallow weaker neighbors.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
But the reigning champs promptly reasserted control, opening the fourth quarter with a 16-4 run in just four minutes to put the game back out of reach.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
The courts or Congress could reassert their constitutional prerogatives and slow or stop some of these actions.
—Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reassert
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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