dissenter

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Miran was the only dissenter to the Fed’s decision to not change interest rates last week.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

So much so that we have names for the type: maverick, individualist, iconoclast, dissenter, rebel, freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Otherwise, the dissenter could thwart the majority’s will by dragging their feet to run out the clock.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 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