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dissent

[dih-sent] / dɪˈsɛnt /




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But this movement, he says, has restored hope: "This movement has brought back space for question and dissent and the reality check that all is not over."

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

At the very least, some officials will almost certainly dissent in favor of hiking.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

Fernández had been booked minutes earlier for dissent, and the second yellow card led to his expulsion, forcing Argentina to finish shorthanded.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a separate, solo dissent that expressed serious doubt about the plaintiff’s concession.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

He felt her shoulders give a wriggle of dissent.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Both dissents hit the nail on the head.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Justices Clarence Thomas and Alito wrote long dissents arguing that the framers of the 14th Amendment did not or would not have favored birthright citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Importantly, the easing bias that drew dissents at the last meeting was removed.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

In an unsigned June 2 order over three dissents, the justices described Louisiana v.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The learned Blumentritt, however, dissents from this opinion, which he considers to be a modern invention, and gives Salcedo credit for doing his work very thoroughly, and not letting many of the pirates escape.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

Three of the court's nine justices dissented from the decision: Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

“John Marshall Harlan, the great dissenter, who dissented in Wong Kim Ark and later gave a bunch of lectures, he posed the question about the sojourners,” Justice Neil Gorsuch said.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

The justice dissented from the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear U.S. v.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

Four members dissented at the April meeting, the most fractured the Federal Open Market Committee has been since 1992.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

The vote was unanimous, although one member, navy undersecretary Ralph Bard, presently dissented from the third recommendation, resigned his post, and proposed to Stimson that the Japanese receive two or three days’ warning.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

With headline inflation dipping in June, ahead of further rises expected ahead, analysts say they do not expect a rate hike at this meeting -- but that the decision will likely see some dissenting voices.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The majority and dissenting opinions in this case totaled 194 pages.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan, dissenting from the court’s ruling, cited numerous derogatory statements that Trump has made about Haiti.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

This time, Eagle was the lone dissenting vote.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

According to Andrews and a dissenting California Supreme Court judge, the ruling didn’t prevent commercialization; it just took patients out of the equation and emboldened scientists to commodify tissues in increasing numbers.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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