dissenting

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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

Though Fed governor Stephen Miran surprised no one by dissenting to the decision to keep interest rates steady, three Fed presidents dissented to certain language in the FOMC’s statement.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

It is “unusual” to see three dissenting votes at a BOJ meeting, said Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities strategist Naomi Muguruma, viewing the outcome as a hawkish hold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, one American player had a dissenting view about the status of this tournament, Harper offering a tired argument.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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