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objection

[uhb-jek-shuhn] / əbˈdʒɛk ʃən /


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On Monday the House voted, without a single objection, to permanently stop making the penny.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

The obvious objection is that cloud revenue is accelerating, rather than shrinking.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The council ultimately adopted a budget over the mayor’s objection, including several revenue raisers he opposed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

She added that conscientious objection in Wales – where staff can refuse to take part in care on moral or religious grounds – was "widespread" and making a "bad situation" with provision worse.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“And what objection could any reasonable person make to brown worsted?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

“It was both an inspired idea and a safe move,” he concludes, because Anderson was widely respected and thus less apt to provoke objections among the Met’s most hidebound subscribers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

A Serbian government minister had initially said that Mladić would be given a state funeral but those plans were changed after objections from some European leaders.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

While that has proved controversial in some quarters, there were few objections about the sisters being invited to play once again at Flushing Meadows.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Unger said that he tried to raise his objections to the deal at board meetings, but that his fellow directors refused to discuss them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Then she repeated every one of Maddie’s own objections.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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