dissent
Example Sentences
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These forces effectively run much of the economy and maintain internal order, repressing internal dissent and opposition.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan made the same argument in dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It is a remarkable climb-down, underscoring the difficulty of spurring the transition to electric vehicles even in an authoritarian country that brooks little dissent.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The big bang theory may have triumphed among most cosmologists, but the persistence of unanswered questions—what came before that explosive moment? could our universe be one of many?—leaves plenty of room for speculation and dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
There were one or two murmurs of dissent, that a stranger who was not a shrew should have first say.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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