dissent
Example Sentences
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There have already been some calls for change, in a party where dissent is rarely expressed in public.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
For example, North Korea has established five-household surveillance-system groups, demanding they hold routine criticism sessions to monitor dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Guinea has experienced repeated periods of instability since independence, marked by military coups, contested elections and violent crackdowns on dissent.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a solo dissent: “It should be obvious that this arrest violated the First Amendment.”
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
It replaced the professorial lecture, the voice of authority, by a text in whose margin you could scribble your dissent.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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