Alleges

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of allege form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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accuseacknowledgeaddressadduceadvanceaffirm

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"The report alleges that human activity as a whole is responsible for a 60 percent decline in global wildlife between 1970 and 2014."

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