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dissent

[dih-sent] / dษชหˆsษ›nt /




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I saw this first hand with his dissent towards a fitness fielding session in the build-up to the 2014 Sydney Test match, among others.

From BBC โ— Sep. 15, 2026

Alito wrote an eight-page dissent, arguing that the Postal Service has “broad power to regulate the delivery of mail.”

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 14, 2026

But a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge pro-democracy protests has stymied dissent in the financial hub.

From Barron's โ— Sep. 13, 2026

“What makes today’s ruling so off-base is the Court’s lack of situational awareness regarding this equitable judgment,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in her dissent.

From Salon โ— Aug. 24, 2026

There’s some dissent, but Haymitch takes our part, and by bedtime, we have a compartment across from Prim and my mother, who agrees to keep an eye on us.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Hammack and Logan previously signaled their eagerness to lean against inflation with rate increases at the July meeting, so their dissents were broadly expected.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jul. 31, 2026

It was the most dissents in a decade at a normally unified Fed.

From MarketWatch โ— Jul. 31, 2026

Still, three dissents in favor of higher rates on the 12-person policy committee-and a sharp rise in long-term bond yields Wednesday—suggested the pressure is mounting for the Fed to act.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jul. 30, 2026

"I don't expect a rate hike, but I do expect dissents," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.

From Barron's โ— Jul. 29, 2026

If he simply disbelieves, or dissents, he is assenting to the contradictory of the thesis, viz. that there is no Revelation.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dissented, along with the court’s three liberals.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Aug. 31, 2026

These were nimbly outlined by Judge Neomi Rao, who dissented from the D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Aug. 27, 2026

Three dissented in July in favor of higher rates.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Aug. 12, 2026

Last month, the central bank held interest rates steady, but three regional Fed presidents dissented in favor of a rate hike.

From Barron's โ— Aug. 7, 2026

“Outstanding people left because the atmosphere at the Radiation Laboratory. . . did not make people who dissented feel they were welcome,” observed David Saxon, the future university president.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.

From Salon โ— Sep. 13, 2026

And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.

From Slate โ— Aug. 26, 2026

The motion was approved on a 10-3 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting, with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez dissenting.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Aug. 19, 2026

Federal Reserve policymakers Beth Hammack and Neel Kashkari said stubborn inflation drove their dissenting votes for higher interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jul. 31, 2026

And it had all happened without a single dissenting vote.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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