objection

Example Sentences

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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina had been declining to back Warsh until the probe is resolved, and his objection was enough to hold up the confirmation process.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

The lenders behind Spirit’s revolving credit line filed an objection to the reorganization plan last week, saying the proposal doesn’t account for the airline’s sharply higher costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Roberts wondered whether that phrasing itself suggested confusion, either by counsel or by the trial judge, about whether the objection was then being made or merely marked for later elaboration.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Verstappen would like F1 to change the rules, but that is because he has a fundamental, almost primal, objection to what they have done to the cars.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

I told him “yours, of course,” and that I only made the objection in my position as a writer.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey