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English word

claim

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /kleɪm/US /kleɪm/
noun

a statement that something is true although it has not been proved and other people may not agree with or believe it

verb

to say that something is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it

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Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED
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Even more dramatic, Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70 percent of U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race outcomes, and even, let's go digital, emoticons used well in online negotiations can lead you to claim more value from that negotiation.

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But lately, it seems this industry is becoming better known for a less noble innovation: the belief that you can claim credit without accepting responsibility.

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