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dissenter

[dih-sen-ter] / dɪˈsɛn tər /


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“I have been a dissenter from orthodox monetary policy beliefs for some decades,” he wrote in a report published in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

Governor Stephen Miran was the lone dissenter, favoring a cut.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

The other dissenter, Kanas City Fed chief Jeffrey Schmid, said “inflation remains too high.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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