dissenting

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The Federal Reserve held its federal-funds rate target steady at 3.5% to 3.75%, with four officials dissenting, the most since 1992.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Commissioner Frank Owens, a dissenting vote, said the mayor deserved some slack: “Everybody has a bad night.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

That said, just last term, in her dissenting opinion in Medina v.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

He filed an appeal petition with the Supreme Court in a case from Massachusetts that dissenting Justice Elena Kagan described as a “carbon copy” of the California dispute.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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