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
Amanda's insistence that Jack was not old enough to understand left the uncle feeling marginalized.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Some even quietly blamed that fact on Riley’s insistence on regularly rotating receivers instead of leaning on a few.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Still, Krupin enrolled in a couple of general courses at Schoolcraft College, a community college in Livonia, Michigan at the insistence of well-meaning friends and teachers.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
This idea resonates with the American Revolution and its insistence that there be no taxation without representation.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Some even quietly blamed that fact on Riley’s insistence on regularly rotating receivers instead of leaning on a few.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Still, Krupin enrolled in a couple of general courses at Schoolcraft College, a community college in Livonia, Michigan at the insistence of well-meaning friends and teachers.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
This idea resonates with the American Revolution and its insistence that there be no taxation without representation.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insistence
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Two hours later, after parliamentarians rushed to the country’s National Assembly building and voted against the declaration, martial law was revoked.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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That declaration is proudly displayed behind the bar.Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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The bold assertions of a former president at a Southern Baptist Convention seminary that the institution disparagingly made statements about financial mismanagement ended with an anticlimactic, $0 legal settlement following new revelations that emerged in discovery.Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Art for the Nazis was a means to an end rather than a worthy pursuit of self-expression, with the objective being assertion of power and a rigid set of ethnocultural norms.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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The current lawsuit stems from Lindell's public promise to pay anyone $5 million to disprove his claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged in Biden's favor, based on Lindell's claim of Chinese government interference.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Some reportedly took out loans or liquidated assets, while others incurred significant costs transitioning to new claims processors.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Insistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insistence. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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