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dissent

[dih-sent] / dษชหˆsษ›nt /




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In those areas the group maintains a tight grip, clamping down on dissent and still recruiting fighters.

From BBC โ— Oct. 8, 2026

This decision, though, was so upsetting that it drew a sharp dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

From Slate โ— Oct. 1, 2026

Since the beginning of the central bank’s modern era about 50 years ago, it has been extraordinarily rare for a sitting Fed chair to dissent on a decision on interest rates.

From MarketWatch โ— Sep. 16, 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

Justice Stevens noted the trend in a powerful dissent issued in California v.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

There were three dissents at the Fed’s July meeting in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch โ— Aug. 27, 2026

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

"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

The only way to figure out how the justices decided is if there were dissents.

From Slate โ— Jul. 29, 2026

The watermen in Lucian give the preference to a jackdaw: but Antipater in some degree dissents, and thinks that the swan has the advantage.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

The top court's three liberal justices - Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson - dissented.

From BBC โ— Oct. 1, 2026

At the committee's last meeting in July, three regional Fed presidents dissented from the decision to hold rates steady, calling for an immediate 0.25 percentage-point hike to tackle inflation.

From Barron's โ— Sep. 3, 2026

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

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

Three dissented in July in favor of higher rates.

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

Only the queen's men had dissented, and then not loudly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

ING strategist Frantisek Taborsky said opposition from the two dissenting board members could make it harder to secure support for another increase this year.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 18, 2026

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

The White House meeting that formally inaugurated the thermonuclear age took all of seven minutes, and it only lasted that long because Lilienthal asked for the time to express his dissenting view.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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