Related Clues:

• States something as fact
• Puts forth as fact
• Gives confirmation
• Insists
• Completely razes
• Lays down the law
• Gives the OK
• Asserts it
• Exercises authority
• Claims authoritatively
• Is honest (with)
• Declares emphatically
• Declares to be true
• Declares it to be true
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