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dissent

[dih-sent] / dษชหˆsษ›nt /




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It is a party very much united around her, with no murmurings of dissent about her leadership, which is quite the contrast from a year ago.

From BBC โ— Oct. 7, 2026

He can stick to his guns and remain in dissent, or he can accept the earlier decision, stay in the conversation, and try to steer the case law toward the right path.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Oct. 2, 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

She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

During that time, there were lots of debates but few dissents.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Aug. 25, 2026

That number of dissents is unusual and illustrative of the challenge the Fed faces in bringing inflation back down to its two-percent target -- a level it hasn't hit in more than five years.

From Barron's โ— Jul. 31, 2026

Three of the 12 senior Fed officials who vote on interest rates favored an increase, marking the most dissents since 2016.

From MarketWatch โ— Jul. 30, 2026

If the Fed holds, watch for any dissents.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jul. 29, 2026

But if one person dissents from this motion, ballots must be passed and the vote taken with them.

From The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Caroline French Benton

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 July meeting, nine top Fed officials were in the hold camp and three dissented in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch โ— Sep. 3, 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

The vote was unanimous, although one member, navy undersecretary Ralph Bard, presently dissented from the third recommendation, resigned his post, and proposed to Stimson that the Japanese receive two or three days’ warning.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

And it had all happened without a single dissenting vote.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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