20
said(verb, express, say, dialogue, spoke)
10
affirmed(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, stated)
9
declared(verb, supposed, stated, unproven, affirmed)
7
claimed(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
7
maintained(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
6
stated(verb, supposed, unproven, affirmed)
6
professed(verb, adjective, supposed, stated, unproven)
6
assumed(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, supposed)
6
averred(verb, supposed, unproven, affirmed)
6
defended(verb, accept, consent, acceptance)
6
endorsed(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
6
expressed(verb, affirmed, disclosed)
6
pronounced(verb, affirmed)
5
acknowledged(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
5
alleged(adjective, apparent, supposed, unproven)
5
announced(verb, disclosed)
5
attested(verb, affirmed)
4
accepted(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
4
allowed(verb, accept, consent, acceptance)
4
approved(verb, accept, consent, acceptance, affirmed)
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