Synonyms for asserting
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Princeton's WordNet

1. declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)adjective

   relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

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1. List of paraphrases for "asserting":

   affirming, confirming, claiming, arguing, stating, assuring

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1. Kirstjen Nielsen:

   The ports of entry for those seeking asylum have been blocked, i went out there yesterday with a group of six other members of Congress. We saw the border guard standing there checking papers and only letting those across the bridge who already had visas to come into the United States, or American passports and so forth. They were blocking those who didn't have papers, who would be asserting themselves for asylum. So they're essentially forcing people to cross the border illegally or leave them stranded( on the) very dangerous Mexican side of the border.

2. Bill Carstanjen:

   CDI has consistently advocated for strict medication regulations so that we can confidently ensure that horses are fit to race and the races are conducted fairly, mr. Baffert’s record of testing failures threatens public confidence in thoroughbred racing and the reputation of the Kentucky Derby. Given these repeated failures over the last year, including the increasingly extraordinary explanations, we firmly believe that asserting our rights to impose these measures is our duty and responsibility.

3. Carl Tobias:

   He is asserting something that the order does not say on its face, he may be correct, but you sure cannot tell what he says from the order's wording.

4. President Biden on Monday:

   We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime, the Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights.

5. Marc Short:

   If they're asserting the Fifth merely to cater to the President's whims or cover up for the President, that is not a proper use of the privilege, but we will have to do our best to divine whether they're properly invoking the Fifth or using it as a stratagem to keep information.