as in to reaffirm
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Recent Examples of reassert
The surge in the past two weeks has seen Chinese equities reassert their influence over broader emerging-market gauges, and dented the performance of fund managers who had been running underweight positions in the biggest developing-nation economy.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024
Why are so many people invested in Jack Schlossberg, perhaps best known for making goofy little lip-sync TikToks, reasserting his family’s legacy?
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Sep. 2024
Lipshutz’s book arrives as Linkin Park reasserts their dominance in the hard rock world and proves their talent and popularity once again.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
But, despite the best efforts of the characters to disown and ignore their physical forms, their bodies stubbornly reassert their existence.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024
Why are so many people invested in Jack Schlossberg, perhaps best known for making goofy little lip-sync TikToks, reasserting his family’s legacy?
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Sep. 2024
Lipshutz’s book arrives as Linkin Park reasserts their dominance in the hard rock world and proves their talent and popularity once again.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
But, despite the best efforts of the characters to disown and ignore their physical forms, their bodies stubbornly reassert their existence.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassert
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Justice and accountability are also key to reaffirming the human dignity of women and girls in Afghanistan - human dignity that continues to be denied by the Taliban with every decree, edict and law introduced over the last three years.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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School districts also say these policies reaffirm their students’ constitutional right to a free, public education, regardless of immigration status.Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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Shadow culture minister Saqib Bhatti warned against changing the law, asserting the importance of protecting Britain’s cultural heritage.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Research like this only affirms that merchants and retailers offering this form of financing can benefit through higher sales.Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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This trip, framed by the powerful performances and speeches at the induction ceremony, affirmed that The Land is not just a city of rock and roll, but a place where history, culture, and community come together.Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Nov. 2024
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Coach and selector Andrew McDonald insisted days before that the same squad will be retained.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Into the summer, Kennedy continued to insist that the American people would eventually turn to him and away from the major party candidates.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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House Republicans have doubled down on their commitment to maintain the McCarthy-Biden agreement's defense spending levels, resisting calls to exceed the cap.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Being able to maintain optimal temperatures in greenhouses by supplying supplemental power from waste heat can save the agricultural sector money and energy use.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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It is based in part, on grounds that charges in the indictment are unconstitutional since the charges are based on the exit tax regime which Ver contends is itself unconstitutional.Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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These kinds of legal tools can be empowering for voters of color in all states, voting rights advocates contend.Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassert. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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