dissenting

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This time, Eagle was the lone dissenting vote.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Papers presenting contrary evidence or dissenting viewpoints are rejected without comment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

And then we have the other conservatives very vocally dissenting.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

Warsh takes over a deeply divided Fed committee, with four members dissenting in April, and may seek structural changes.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

But it was also meant to be a godly community, a religious home for the Puritans, who did not tolerate dissenting views on spiritual matters.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz