reassert
verb
re·as·sert
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 
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reasserted; reasserting; reasserts
: to assert (something) again
She reasserted her authority.
Even better, they had won two of their first three games and were reasserting their status as the team to beat …—
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It’s really been part of a pattern of executives in some organizations reasserting power and making sure that, especially, junior workers lose that sense of entitlement.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
The Marlins hope this is his season, the campaign that reasserts Alcantara as one of Major League Baseball’s top starting pitchers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
After years of disinflationary pressures from globalization, productivity improvements, and technological efficiency gains— particularly in the US oil and gas business — the energy component of the consumer price index is reasserting dominance in a negative way.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
The vote marks the latest attempt by Democrats to reassert Congress’s constitutional authority over decisions to go to war.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
The Marlins hope this is his season, the campaign that reasserts Alcantara as one of Major League Baseball’s top starting pitchers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
After years of disinflationary pressures from globalization, productivity improvements, and technological efficiency gains— particularly in the US oil and gas business — the energy component of the consumer price index is reasserting dominance in a negative way.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
The vote marks the latest attempt by Democrats to reassert Congress’s constitutional authority over decisions to go to war.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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