dissenting
Example Sentences
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You also need to listen to your colleagues, including backbenchers, and the heavy-handed approach to dissenting voices diminishes our politics.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The Fed left policy rates on hold at 3.50%-3.75%, but in a surprising vote split with four members dissenting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
As the week's lone genuinely dissenting voice, Gore called for a real action plan to map threatened jobs and prepare workers for career transitions, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the globalization era.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Raman, at that event and elsewhere, has sought to differentiate herself from Bass, and City Hall more broadly, by highlighting her dissenting votes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
And it had all happened without a single dissenting vote.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
