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Keep "claiming" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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12 total sentences available.
His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.
Source: tatoeba (547075)
A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
Source: tatoeba (777883)
Miguel, the pickup artist, rates women's looks on a scale from one to ten, claiming that he only hits on eights and up.
Source: tatoeba (818457)
What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
Source: tatoeba (866225)
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Closest matches include acquisition, allegation, allege, alleging, appropriation.
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