dissent
Example Sentences
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I’m not sure what factors the justice was considering before his dissent, but it could not have been league history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In Flowers, Justice Clarence Thomas confidently declared in dissent that Mississippi could retry and convict Curtis Flowers.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Politically, dissent has been punished as severely as ever.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
It restores Douglass to a living continuum of dissent rather than isolating him as an exceptional voice, and it underscores how fully the Fourth of July once accommodated, even invited, fierce moral criticism from within.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
I wonder if that’s the kind of place this is—where dissent can be expressed in public, in the middle of a normal conversation, instead of in secret spaces, with hushed voices.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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