dissented

past tense of dissent

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Recent Examples of dissented Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the ruling but did not elaborate on their decision to dissent. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. — Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026 The court’s three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented, citing the risk of errors. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 One of the three judges on the panel dissented, arguing that there was not a legitimate concern that Anthropic could manipulate its technology in order to pose a security risk. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026 Justice Samuel Alito, joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, dissented from Monday’s decision. — Andrew Chung, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026 Two of the court's conservatives, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the court's ruling, arguing the states that sued over the Postal Service's new rules are unlikely to show the policy is unlawful. — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Three dissented — Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan — in favor of a quarter-point hike at the July meeting, where interest rates were left unchanged. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissented
disagreed
Verb
  • But the 4th Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, disagreed and said Asian American students were still winning more seats than their percentage of the school population.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Spending in the Hartford schools has been controversial this year as local officials and state officials disagreed over the state of the district’s finances.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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“Dissented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissented. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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