averred

verb

Definition of averrednext
past tense of aver
1
as in insisted
to state as a fact usually forcefully was tearfully averring his innocence

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2
as in declared
to state clearly and strongly averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for averred
  1. insisted
  2. declared
  3. alleged
  4. asserted
  5. professed
  6. contended
  7. maintained
  8. affirmed
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  • Rivers insisted Monday that there are different ways of convincing a team its record is not reflective of its abilities.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of insisted
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  • Backlash is growing against self declared feminist ally Baldoni, who has seen an award rescinded by the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and supporting women leaders.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Wednesday, California declared a state of emergency for avian flu due to detecting its spread to herds in the southern part of the state.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of declared
Verb
  • After the argument, police alleged that Thompson pulled out a gun and shot several times, hitting Montgomery in the chest and torso before leaving.
    Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The charge was dismissed last July after Baldwin's attorneys alleged prosecutors had buried evidence.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleged
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  • Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the end, Myanmar's reform project did not fail, as some have asserted, but was brutally derailed.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of asserted
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  • That professed skepticism clashed with his record in office.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of professed
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  • The Teamsters have contended before the National Labor Relations Board that the drivers, who are easily identifiable by their distinctive gray-blue Amazon uniforms and matching vans, should be considered direct employees of the company.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In advance of his trial, Girardi’s defense attorneys had contended that their client was mentally incompetent and suffered from a form of dementia.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of contended
Verb
  • Not everyone was on the same page, as some commentators maintained that Lively had behaved rudely to Kjersti Flaa in that infamous interview and had a problematic past.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Even amid stressful late-game scenarios, Washington’s quarterback, whose EKG might have appeared flatlined since he seemingly never gets rattled, maintained his calm approach.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of maintained
Verb
  • Since the pandemic was affirmed, the WHO reports that around 777 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Since the pandemic was affirmed, the WHO reports that around 777 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide, giving the illness an overall worldwide mortality rate of a little less than 1 percent—much higher than common ailments like the flu.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of affirmed
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