Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To assert again; proclaim or manifest anew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
assert again
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb strengthen or make more firm
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Examples
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The strike, he said, was being held to "reassert" the bargaining power of the trade unions.
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Iraq to disrupt the March 7 election and said it was trying to "reassert" itself as political parties negotiate the formation of the next government, which probably will take months.
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Leila Fadel 2010
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As the historian Nancy Cott puts it, “Post-Revolutionary legislators wanted to reassert their authority over what some people had done under the aegis of local tolerance.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Net neutrality's main sponsor has declared it dead, reports Cecilia Kang: In a statement, Waxman urged the Federal Communications Commission to reassert its authority to regulate broadband access providers.
Wonkbook: House votes for China tariffs; net neutrality bill dead; Elizabeth Warren's first speech Ezra Klein 2010
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He has come to reassert his authority, and he plans on letting nothing stand in his way.
Review: Project Superpowers – Meet The Bad Guys #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The report showed how Goldman is trying to reassert the traditional primacy of deal making while playing down the firm's recent reliance on trading.
Robert Teitelman: Goldman Sachs, Business Standards and the Critics Robert Teitelman 2011
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The report showed how Goldman is trying to reassert the traditional primacy of deal making while playing down the firm's recent reliance on trading.
Robert Teitelman: Goldman Sachs, Business Standards and the Critics Robert Teitelman 2011
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With renewed attention on the Federal Communications Commission and net neutrality, some lawmakers have cast their support for the agency to reassert its authority as regulator of broadband Internet services.
update: Dorgan, Markey add to call for FCC to assert authority over broadband Cecilia Kang 2010
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"Our long-held conclusion has been that it is only a matter of time before the fundamental imbalances in the euro-zone periphery reassert themselves," said Steven Mansell , a strategist at Citigroup in London.
Portugal Stays in EU Debt Spotlight Emese Bartha 2011
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That explains why, starting this weekend, Bachmann plans to campaign almost exclusively in the state as she tries to reassert herself in a race that's become a two-candidate contest between Texas Gov.
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