alleging

verb

present participle of allege
as in claiming
to state as a fact usually forcefully alleged that the restaurant chain was engaging in discriminatory hiring practices

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Recent Examples of alleging On September 16th, a woman identified only as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit alleging that she had been gang-raped nearly two years earlier, in October, 2024, in the alumni room at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University. — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing HailgateA2 LLC and its owner after several people filed complaints alleging they were scammed out of tickets and memorabilia related to University of Michigan events. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Fairchild’s family is suing the county and a sheriff’s deputy, alleging that the deputy used excessive force. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 OpenAI already faces lawsuits alleging consumer harms, including lawsuits linking its chatbot to matricide, child suicide, school shootings, and other violence. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 The American Apparel & Footwear Association sued CalRecycle in March, alleging that Landbell USA did not meet the law’s requirement that producers form the PRO. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 In July, Apple sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging the theft of hardware trade secrets. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Apple sued OpenAI in July, alleging trade secret theft, a claim OpenAI denied. — Kif Leswing,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Former Cornell student Jane Doe, who filed a civil lawsuit in September 2026 alleging that seven fraternity members raped her at a party, said the young men who assaulted her pressured her into taking the drug ketamine. — Christopher P. Holstege, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleging
  1. claiming
  2. insisting
  3. asserting
  4. contending
Verb
  • On July 18, 2026, an AI model submitted a tip claiming to have information about a killing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors leveled new allegations during a bail hearing Friday, accusing the couple of almost never allowing the children outside and claiming that Zhang previously fled the country to avoid an abuse allegation.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of claiming
Verb
  • Stay flexible instead of insisting everyone stick to the script.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Ironically, the organization has previously objected to certain uses of AI in schools, insisting that AI must remain under human supervision and cannot replace teachers in core instruction or grading.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of insisting
Verb
  • Moriarty's office said rejection killings are a form of femicide in which women are targeted for asserting autonomy over their bodies.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Trump is accustomed to asserting the primacy of force over law and clearly anticipates no punishment for doing so in front of a body dedicated to saving humanity from the scourge of war.
    — Anjali Dayal, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of asserting
Verb
  • The Netflix film, which premiered at New York Film Festival earlier this month, is one of 10 Oscar-contending feature documentaries included in Doc Stories’ lineup.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Forecasting the Field The Olivias are contending for the top spots this year.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of contending

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