Sentence examples for assertion that has been from inspiring English sources

It even sites a 2013 CREDO Report asserting that charter schools outperform traditional public schools nationally, an assertion that has been since been disputed by Kevin Welner Director of The National Education Policy Center (they published the CREDO report).

This declaration, of course, is precisely the kind of assertion that has been challenged by recent scholars.

But during Thursday's debate, Mrs. Bachmann sought to separate herself from any suggestion that the vaccine could cause retardation, an assertion that has been debunked by experts.

It is an assertion that has been floated frequently in recent years, and one which some players have taken in stride, while others have struggled.

Mr. Chalabi's political aides and advisers, a number of American defense officials among them, are talking about producing files that show how the royal household in Jordan allegedly profited secretly and handsomely on transactions with Mr. Hussein and his family members, an assertion that has been made in the past about a number of Arab governments but never proved.

Torture is depicted as indirectly but indubitably useful in the search for bin Laden (an assertion that has been denied by officials, as reported in the magazine by Dexter Filkins); a crucial piece of information in Maya's investigation is elicited from a prisoner who had been tortured and, now being fed a peaceful lunch, is threatened with more torture in the case of his non-coöperation.

Just before her mad dash into traffic (who could account for her actions?), she'd accused a black dog on a leash of being the Devil, an assertion that had been strenuously objected to by the dog's owner.

The F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, said Malaysia was not a "launching pad" for the Sept. 11 attacks, an assertion that had been attributed to anonymous bureau officials in the past.

The Human Knowledge Assembly Model (KAM) is a set of human-specific causal assertions that has been augmented with orthologous causal assertions derived from either rat or mouse sources.

The mouse knowledge assembly model is the set of mouse-specific causal assertions that has been augmented with orthologous causal assertions derived from either rat or human sources and is competent for reverse causal analysis.

"I think we need to reject some of the more ridiculous assertions that have been made in some of the less responsible media," Sir Hugh said.