Assert
Assert verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Just be aware that certain chapters will assert mecha ownership, especially if it's an ATX or SRX mecha in question.
Source: Mauve Shirt -
Throughout the pilot she is all too happy to smugly assert both her invincibility and her legal untouchability to all who dare question her.
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The reason this is even a question is because some accounts describe her as meeting Marc Antony around this age, while others assert she met him as an adult.
Source: Useful Notes / Cleopatra VII
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