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The phrase "are just asserting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's claims or statements, particularly when emphasizing that they are making assertions without providing evidence.
Example: "In the debate, some participants are just asserting their opinions without backing them up with facts."
Alternatives: "are merely claiming" or "are simply stating".
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These are the people who serve us every day and they are just asserting their rights — we would be outraged if we were treated that way".
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I'm just asserting the rationality of identity politics, not giving my blessing to it.
mentality is the majority of the basis for the Republican Party right now". Panelist Eric Boehlert commented that Ryan wasn't likely seeking to "start a national conversation" about the workplace — he's just asserting his demands.
It's possible Sanders was just asserting a presidential power that she wants to make clear the president views as absolute — the White House has said similar things when it comes to pardoning power — but it would have been just as easy for her to dismiss the question as a hypothetical.
Sorensen defines lying as follows: "Lying is just asserting what one does not believe" (Sorensen 2007, 256).
Take the act of communicating or informing (Mitteilen) as an example: at first glance, Reinach describes it as though communicating were just asserting.
"UPS was just asserting an old stereotype," Paradis said.
This has come up at every debate, and every time he's just asserted that he respects women which is at this point a joke.
Both actors are just right, asserting their presence when the script calls for it but never overpowering the leads.
He's not just asserting prestige, he's actually taking people over and absorbing their life blood," he said.
Now we've reached the point where we don't even have to muck about with the symbolism any more – and are just straight up asserting that the working class only exists as an abstraction to ventriloquise conservative millionaires – can't everyone stop pretending that they can't see how ridiculous this is?
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