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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asserting power" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to display or demonstrate one's authority or control. Example: During the meeting, the CEO made it a point to constantly interrupt and talk over his colleagues, clearly asserting his power and dominance within the company.
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Or is it just about asserting power?
It is, above all, a way of asserting power.
It is less about asserting power than blocking a perceived enemy.
For them, it was "a way of showing themselves to be friendly and not asserting power in the situation," she said.
Their organizational ambitions, though, are limited: they are less concerned with running illicit businesses, like drug smuggling, than they are with asserting power over their local turf.
In an initial wave of executions after Mohammed's abrupt installation as the immediate heir to his father, King Salman, followed by waves of arrests over the past year, he has been ruthless in asserting power.
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The "no" can be a powerful way to assert power when you feel as though you don't have any.
It asserts power, and hurts.
The asserted power of choice is illusory.
Both habitually lie to assert power and obfuscate when questioned.
Comments about physical appearance are an attempt to assert power over somebody.
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