Verb (used with object) : He asserted his innocence of the crime. ,to assert a first cause as necessary.    From Dictionary.com. 

I was hypothesizing the process Andrew was asserting is going to take place.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review?] Reference

People often feel more valid in asserting things they know, rather than things they feel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soliciting conversation and listening actively while isolating discussion] Reference

And nothing is more important in asserting who we are in youth than the music we listen to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breakout Cartoonists: Mike Dawson » Fanboy.com] Reference

What you are asserting is that an SRM will keep replicating as long as a supply of substrates exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference

The story, though, is only partly correct in asserting QWERTY was developed because keys in other configurations jammed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Union County before the QWERTY tyranny] Reference

Michael Hood of Blatherwatch paid you a compliment in asserting that "Stefan Sharkansky" is a pseudonym for "Eric Earling".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: An Unproductive Electoral Gimmick] Reference

I think, then, that we are quite safe in asserting that in the western Cordilleras we have one of the greatest of mineral fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mineral Resources of Canada] Reference

The Senate, quite simply, is far more aggressive than it used to be in asserting its power to advise and consent on judicial nominees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Supreme Irony] Reference

Supporters of the Iraq War became more invested in asserting the morality of their cause than in examining the effectiveness of their tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters] Reference

They are seeking to claim the legitimacy of the Elitists to dispense kudos "properly" in asserting the illegitimacy of kudos dispensed by others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

How can there be a "right" to address something (an audience) if you're correct in asserting you have no right to that something in the first place?.    From Wordnik.com.  [is jesus in your mailbox?] Reference

We are SICK of the RC arrogance in asserting themselves - in a speficially unAMerican way - into how our nation's civil public policies are decided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bishop takes on Kennedy] Reference

He may have been safe enough in asserting that Lars Porsena of Clusium swore by the nine gods that the great house of Tarquin should suffer wrong no more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

Wright connects this debate to Wynne-Edwards, whom he characterizes as asserting the evolutionary importance of “group selection for group advantage.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Units and Levels of Selection] Reference

Where the second book departs from the earlier one is in asserting that the whole process could be somewhat moralised if the facts were faced more honestly.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution] Reference

I am more confident in asserting that even if Washington leads the nation in incivility, it is not likely to change until those outside Washington demand it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why divided government would be less divisive] Reference

They are seeking to claim the legitimacy of the Populists to dispense kudos "properly" in asserting the illegitimacy of kudos dispensed by the critical elite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

One is to assess credibility – which I think Mr. Kutty is correct in asserting that our ability to do so has been called into question by scientific evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [What’s Behind the Veil of Justice? : Law is Cool] Reference

That temper and conduct which is called "spirited," in asserting our rights, and maintaining our consequence, is as unwise and impolitic as it is unchristian-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor] Reference

This horrible thing that you keep asserting is being imposed on the black community amounts to allowing black women to decide for themselves how and when to have children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery] Reference

Re: This horrible thing that you keep asserting is being imposed on the black community amounts to allowing black women to decide for themselves how and when to have children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Rep Trent Franks: Blacks Were Better Off Under Slavery] Reference

And you, if in asserting your constitutional right to be free from unlawful search and seizure fail to do as the officer asks, run the risk of having such holes placed in your own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Release the Crowley/Gates tapes. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

Poland, Serban fostered the idea of asserting his independence of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roumania Past and Present] Reference

(And she’s way off in asserting that only conservative women are demonized.    From Wordnik.com.  [ShePop: Carrie Prejean's tale of an ultra-modern pageant girl | EW.com] Reference

“I won’t back up one bit in asserting that that’s a problem that we have to be honest about.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Picks Senators as Iraq Partners - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

50Chami is fundamentally correct in asserting that Kwale and Tana ware derived from a common Bantu past.    From Wordnik.com.  [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference

If it were, then he’d be wrong in asserting that the founders really wanted there to be a filibuster forever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution] Reference

In defense of Matt, with the caveat at the end of his original post, he’s correct in asserting that it wasn’t an analogy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » On Analogies] Reference

Unlike earlier thinkers he appears to reject the notion of asserting and denying at the same time with different degrees of certitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [DOUBLE TRUTH] Reference

The comment you wrote that I answered said, … it’s only those who persist in asserting unproven ideas as facts who look like fools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

Members of Congress will be inundated with calls asserting that capping the benefits will hinder pursuit of the dream of home ownership.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 2005] Reference

(4) Bracco acted fast in asserting its rights, which favors disgorgement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

(link) it’s only those who persist in asserting unproven ideas as fact who look like fools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

He would (i) fall into certain conceptual errors, such as asserting transparency-violating sentences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Knowledge] Reference

I don’t recall your asserting in your brief that the defendant wishes you to withdraw, do I?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [html]