objection
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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
I don’t think my youth excuses it, but I accept her attempt at kindness without objection.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
A nurse has told an employment tribunal she did not believe her union representative took her objections to sharing female changing rooms with a transgender colleague as seriously as she did.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
After the buyers bumped the price, the shareholders approved the deal over Icahn’s objections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
This paves the way for rarely used powers to override objections from peers should they refuse to pass it again.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He drew a distinction between substantive objections and what he called alarmism.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He had calculated on these first objections: he was not irritated by them.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing objection
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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"Lob's Girl" by Joan Aiken
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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