dissent
Example Sentences
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Delia Lujan Wolff, a lawyer representing a group of dissenting Boy Scouts claimants, said Monday the Third Circuit had found problems with the reorganization in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling against Purdue.
Last week, the UN's human rights office said the elections would "take place in an environment marked by widespread repression and intimidation against the political opposition, human rights defenders, journalists and those with dissenting views".
From BBC
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that the "attack" on the hospital "exposes yet again how far the Iranian authorities are willing to go to crush dissent".
From Barron's
In addition to the formal dissents, four participants registered so-called “soft” dissents, indicating that, while they may not have been voters, they believed policy should have remained unchanged.
From MarketWatch
It depends on fear rather than genuine belief, and once the cost of dissent falls, it collapses.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
