as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
a continued insistence that there was a massive cover-up by the government
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Recent Examples of insistence
Trump urged House Republicans last month to vote for a stopgap funding measure bundled with disaster relief and economic aid to farms that also included — at his insistence — a proposal to extend the debt limit past the 2026 midterm election.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
To me, that line reveals that for all her insistence, all her certainty about this relationship, some of it is perhaps all in her head.
—Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Why the insistence on the Sens’ part that Travis Hamonic is a top pair defenceman?
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The filing dissects Geoff’s declarations to an Argentine prosecutor in the days following the singer’s death, pulling out the numerous insistences where the pop star’s father claims that Liam was in Nores’ care.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
To me, that line reveals that for all her insistence, all her certainty about this relationship, some of it is perhaps all in her head.
—Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Why the insistence on the Sens’ part that Travis Hamonic is a top pair defenceman?
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The filing dissects Geoff’s declarations to an Argentine prosecutor in the days following the singer’s death, pulling out the numerous insistences where the pop star’s father claims that Liam was in Nores’ care.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for insistence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insistence
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The President can enact an emergency declaration or urge the HHS to declare a public health emergency to ensure treatment for short- and long-term health impacts for anyone exposed to environmental health hazards from the train derailment and its aftermath.—
Misti Allison,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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The emergency declaration, Head said, will move the timeline up.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bowman maintains his innocence, an assertion Kandee's family doesn't buy.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Despite legal experts’ widespread assertion that CBS’ editorial judgment was protected by the First Amendment, The New York Times Thursday night reported that a settlement was in the works.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Durbin also highlighted Patel's claims that the FBI planned the events of Jan. 6 and said he has been involved in the recording of songs performed by those who were in prison as a result of their actions four years ago.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Next month marks the 15-year anniversary of what should have ended Wakefield’s false claim: In February 2010, The Lancet formally retracted his paper in the face of proof that the data had been manipulated.—
Eleanor Menzin,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Insistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistence. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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