The phrase "assertion in article" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific claim or statement made within an article, typically in academic or analytical contexts.
Example: "The assertion in the article regarding climate change has sparked significant debate among scientists."
Alternatives: "claim in the article" or "statement in the article".
I must take issue with the assertion in the article about Dr. Victor Parsonnet (In Person, April 21) that Symphony Hall in Newark is known for its "dreadful acoustics".
In fairness, The Times should have asked the boat's operators for their response before mentioning Mr. Pironti's assertion in the article.
Contrary to the assertion in your article, Senator John McCain's health plan is neither "radical" nor "more fundamental than the universal coverage" plan proposed by Senator Barack Obama.
The controversy was sparked by Dwight Macdonald's assertion, in an article in the New York Review of Books, that Lubitsch made "The Marriage Circle" as a "facsimile" of Charlie Chaplin's 1923 romantic drama "A Woman of Paris".
QUESTION FROM MICHAEL: I was struck by your assertion in the article that people would never accept a system where sports were divided primarily according to criteria other than gender.
But the assertion in your article that "death to Jews" is an "anti-American slogan" alongside "death to Americans" and "death to Obama" highlights how inured the world has become to unabashed public anti-Semitism.
I am writing in response to the assertion in the article "The People Who Saw Evolution" (cover story, April 23) that scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant witnessed evolution in their work with finches on the Galapagos Islands.
Black men responded overwhelmingly with discourse and, ironically, proved every assertion in said article correct.
This interaction fits Ntim's assertion in his article on economic governance and social accountability in Ghana: 'The moment there is a perception of unfairness that others are having more than their due, this de facto precipitates agitation ' (Ntim 2013).
The statement did not address some of the other assertions in the article, including ones that Mr. Bart would sometimes insert fabricated quotations into articles or that he used Variety to play favorites with friends in the entertainment business.
