reassert
verb
re·as·sert
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 
-a-
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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In the 1950s, hard-bop guitarists like Grant Green and Kenny Burrell helped reassert the blues’s role at the core of jazz.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
And the timing may provide an opportunity for Trudeau’s successor to start afresh with Trump and forge a relationship that is either stronger or, alternatively, to reassert a degree of Canadian resistance to Trump.
—Patrick James, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
When Canadians threw the Conservatives out in favor of Trudeau in 2015, the U.S. reasserted its lead in income and hasn’t looked back.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
There’s been a couple of attempts at a rally, but those mostly failed to sustain after the bond market reasserted its control.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
And the timing may provide an opportunity for Trudeau’s successor to start afresh with Trump and forge a relationship that is either stronger or, alternatively, to reassert a degree of Canadian resistance to Trump.
—Patrick James, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
When Canadians threw the Conservatives out in favor of Trudeau in 2015, the U.S. reasserted its lead in income and hasn’t looked back.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Reassert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassert. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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