The phrase "assert the time" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could be used in contexts where someone is declaring or confirming a specific time, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "During the meeting, she needed to assert the time for the project deadline to ensure everyone was on the same page."
Alternatives: "state the time" or "confirm the time".
Other critics speculated on whether Tree was lampooning someone famous, "Sir Herbert is made up to an astonishing likeness to Lord Northcliffe," asserted the Times, while the Northern Echo observed that "Sir Herbert contrives to resemble Mr Asquith" and the Observer thought he looked "exactly like Mr Winston Churchill".
The symmetry properties of the theory can be shown to have as mathematical consequences basic principles known as conservation laws, which assert the constancy in time of the values of certain physical quantities under prescribed conditions.
This debate is full of passion, but now is the time to assert the political influence the American people gave Democrats in 2008.
Called before the district judge immediately after he had heard oral argument concerning the privilege against self-incrimination in another case, petitioner repeated her refusal to answer the question, asserting this time the privilege against self-incrimination.
That's hardly "anti-cop" as the union leadership asserted at the time and which that union leadership continues to assert even today.
It's time to assert the offensively obvious: England really need Gayle's wicket here.
During that time, Conta delivered powerful testimony against the defendants, firmly asserting time after time that they violated Police Department policy when they continued to strike and kick King after he was knocked to the ground.
In our Shiite religion, spiritual leaders are ready at all times to assert the truth and the right".
In this political year, some among us still need tangible structures to assert the power and defense of times gone by.
The FBI asserted at the time that Andrew McCabe had checked in with ethics officials and followed agency protocols.
