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dissenter

[dih-sen-ter] / dɪˈsɛn tər /


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The fourth dissenter, Gov. Stephen Miran, voted to lower interest rates for his sixth consecutive meeting.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

So much so that we have names for the type: maverick, individualist, iconoclast, dissenter, rebel, freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

He was the lone dissenter who preferred no rate cut given the residual strength of the economy.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025

In the circuit court’s decision, the dissenter, Judge Susan Graber, kept saying: “They’re really not telling the truth!”

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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