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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Recent political events in the US present an opportunity to reassert your organizations’ values.
—Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
With this executive order, Trump seeks to assert his control over the past, ignoring and rewriting history to reassert the firm, racial and gender hierarchies that America has worked so hard to overcome.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, and his Creed III director and costar Jordan all spoke out in his favor in The Hollywood Reporter, with the latter reasserting his desire to reteam for Creed IV.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
More recent months have seen Meta reassert its grip on the VR market, though.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
With this executive order, Trump seeks to assert his control over the past, ignoring and rewriting history to reassert the firm, racial and gender hierarchies that America has worked so hard to overcome.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, and his Creed III director and costar Jordan all spoke out in his favor in The Hollywood Reporter, with the latter reasserting his desire to reteam for Creed IV.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
More recent months have seen Meta reassert its grip on the VR market, though.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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