How to Use claim in a Sentence
- You should claim compensation for the hours you worked.
- New Yorkers proudly claim the artist as one of their own.
- The terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The source claims there wasn't any PDA between the pair.
—Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 26 Oct. 2017
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Flat out, the builder claims a top speed of 56-plus mph.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
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On the call, Sanders agreed and Brazile claimed to have cried in anger.
—Essence.com, 3 Nov. 2017
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That year, Chevy claimed a 700-pound weight loss for the base Caprice.
—Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023
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That means any team can claim him on waivers – and the Cubs did just that.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022
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But in 1989, the trucks claimed their first state, Alaska.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
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The group claimed that some have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
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The researchers don’t claim that magnetism is the arbiter of the fate of all worlds.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2021
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The deadline to claim a cut of the settlement was last week.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
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At least that many would later claim to have been there at the end.
—Mark Schmetzer, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2020
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Russian media claims that 70 of the raiders were killed.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
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Sources claim that the mold of the new iPhone is ready for mass production as well.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 21 Dec. 2021
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There is no need for a promo code to claim this Week 4 bonus.
—cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
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Others claimed crews stood idly by as flames climbed the trees and raged through their canopies.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
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On the other end of the phone was someone claiming to be Maj.
—Brett Murphy, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2019
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But those worth hearing are the ones who don’t have the power to claim a seat at all.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2022
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The note might claim there's a problem getting a package to you.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
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Daniels claims the agreement is null and void, as Trump didn’t sign it.
—Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2018
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Trump would go on to pull off upsets in those five states and claim the White House.
—Fortune, 2 Nov. 2020
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Some commenters claim that the recipe calls for a tad too much sugar.
—Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2021
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At the same time, the restaurant claims to produce little waste.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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Scammers might also reach out and claim to have won the prize, Ramzan said.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
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There are those who live here their entire lives and do not claim to be Arkansan.
—Arkansas Online, 23 June 2021
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Stray dogs are placed on hold for at least four days to give their owners time to come in and claim them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022
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Both claim it in its entirety and fought two of their three wars over the region.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
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The Verge claimed their device ran out of juice in five hours while sitting in their backpack and was not being used.
—Kyle Barr, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
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The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday's drawing has climbed to $125 million after no one claimed Tuesday's jackpot.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
- You'll need to file an insurance claim to pay for the damage.
- She makes the claim that sea levels will actually go down.
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And that wasn’t the first time such claims have surfaced.
—Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Nov. 2019
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This was not a dissent on the merits of the Texas claim.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
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No word if the suspect has filed a lost and found claim.
—Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
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So the judge was correct, the church states, to reject that claim.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
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The White House has strongly denied the claim as false.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
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What about Cameron’s claim that the Challenger Deep is flat?
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
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And, of course, their claims have been verified by the court.
—NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
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Beede makes the claim that there’s no clear favorite, yet.
—Charles King, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2022
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Osman was shot at least three times in the neck, the notice of claim says.
—Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
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Swift declined to comment on Braun's claims at the time.
—Chloe Melas, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
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Aegon sees Rhaenyra's crown and throne claim here, but now the stakes have gone up to this point.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2022
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Let woman’s claim be as broad in the concrete as in the abstract.
—Anne Branigin, The Root, 15 Mar. 2018
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And from our testing, that claim seems to be more than just, well, hot air.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 20 Jan. 2021
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But the students have denied and made fun of all of those claims, which are false.
—Katie Reilly, Time, 26 Mar. 2018
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That’s a low bar, of course, and whether the same claim will still be true a in few years is anybody’s guess.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021
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This trainer has won 40% of his races second off the claim.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2020
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In it, Stahl asked Greene about her claim that Democrats are pedophiles.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
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What then of Trump's claim that trade could increase four- or five-fold?
—Luke McGee, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
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The case is far from closed, because there is no way to confirm that claim.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
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But a dearth of details has raised questions as to whether this was an idle claim.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 May 2022
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The claim is a hoax, as are similar claims in other states.
—Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
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Gen X has too low an opinion of itself to make so grand a claim.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 7 Jan. 2020
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Who gets hurt and this is people that have legal claims.
—CBS News, 14 May 2023
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Or, the parties can settle with each other at a fraction of the claim.
—Julie Jason, Jd, Forbes, 16 June 2022
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Many works of literary fiction claim to be set in the present day.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
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That claim does not involve the use of any carbon offsets.
—Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
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Many were repeat offenses, such as the more than 800 claims about election fraud, which were roundly rejected in the courts.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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Suspicions mounted and the community was divided in their support of Shoaf and Eddy's claims.
—Kieran McGirl, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
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