dissent
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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
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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.
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
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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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