as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
alleged that the restaurant chain was engaging in discriminatory hiring practices
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Recent Examples of allege
In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.
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Essence News Editors, Essence, 19 Apr. 2025
Lawyers for the men filed their requests less than two weeks after the Supreme Court let President Donald Trump resume trying to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
McMahon initially retired from being the CEO and Chairman of the WWE following reports published by The Wall Street Journal that alleged the organization's board was investigating allegations that Vince paid $3 million to a former employee to hide their affair.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration alleges that Maduro and Cabello are not only complicit in its rise but actively control it through the Soles drug cartel, using the gang as a deadly enforcement squad.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Essence News Editors, Essence, 19 Apr. 2025
Lawyers for the men filed their requests less than two weeks after the Supreme Court let President Donald Trump resume trying to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
McMahon initially retired from being the CEO and Chairman of the WWE following reports published by The Wall Street Journal that alleged the organization's board was investigating allegations that Vince paid $3 million to a former employee to hide their affair.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration alleges that Maduro and Cabello are not only complicit in its rise but actively control it through the Soles drug cartel, using the gang as a deadly enforcement squad.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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All of which leaves Francis, the spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics, insisting on a welcoming and internationalist worldview that has gone out of style.—
Jason Horowitz,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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Sheinbaum remained vague on details, but insisted that her administration would seek to work with Trump.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Militant violence has afflicted Kashmir, claimed in full but ruled in part by both Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan, since the anti-Indian insurgency began in 1989.—
Fayaz Bukhari,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The case was filed by Mario Echevarría, one of the heirs of a Cuban family that claimed ownership of Cayo Coco, a small key off the northern coast of central Cuba, against Expedia and its affiliate sites Hotels.com and Orbitz under the 1996 Helms-Burton Act.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Justice Department contended the jurisdictions lacked legal standing and their claims weren’t ripe because the cities haven’t yet lost any funds.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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Beyond the trade secret misappropriation allegations, Flexport contends that all three defendants infringed its source code copyrights.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Apr. 2025
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Read has pleaded not guilty, denied killing O'Keefe and alleged she is being framed, attempting to sow reasonable doubt in prosecutors' claims and asserting that someone else killed O'Keefe and had ties to and influence over the investigation.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Thirteen judges already fired since Trump started his second term filed a class appeal earlier this month, asserting that they had been wrongfully terminated.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Allege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allege. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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