The phrase "audacious claim" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a statement or assertion that is bold, daring, or lacking in restraint, often in a context where it may be considered surprising or controversial.
Example: "The scientist made an audacious claim that could change our understanding of climate change."
Alternatives: "bold assertion" or "daring statement".
LAST week Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, made an audacious claim: extreme poverty in Brazil will soon become extinct.
(This is interesting, because he is implying that equality and decentralisation are the same thing. That's an audacious claim).
This, of course, is not only an audacious claim but also an implicit swipe at his predecessor.
The entire complex is referred to as the Seven Wonders of Malaysia, a debatable but audacious claim that secures its place with novelty seekers.
This audacious claim has made obligatory viewing of today's thank-athon, in which banks of players and blazered officials will hear the Ryder Cup reaffirm its niceness.
Three: at a certain point the audacious claim is made that the reason we were put on earth was to create works of art.
Beyond that, Tesla makes three audacious claims.
Santoro, eager to impress, made audacious claims, which the F.B.I. captured on tape.
Yet sceptics could be forgiven for wanting to kick the tyres of some of the 42-year-old tycoon's more audacious claims.
As he met party power brokers, about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside the Liberal Democrats' headquarters, declaiming against talks with the Conservatives and hoisting banners saying "Make my vote count!" and "Votes, not moats!" — a reference to one of the more audacious claims for reimbursement revealed during last year's parliamentary expenses scandal.
Bill Gates isn't usually thought of as a guy given to fantasy, but that's how an incisive opinion piece on high-skill immigration published in USA Today characterizes his audacious claims of a talent shortage in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, even as the company he founded (Microsoft) is laying off 18,000 workers the most ever.
