dissenting
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Analysts had said ahead of the decision that the bank’s seven-member board could signal a more hawkish tilt, with at least one dissenting member potentially voting for a rate increase in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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
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
In her dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg drew sharply different lessons from the history of the civil rights movement.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
