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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissented (to)
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The other are held by Tareq Saleh, who is the National Resistance military coalition leader and nephew to late longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and influential tribal leader Othman Hussein Megali, who hails from the Houthi homeland of Saada and is fiercely opposed to the group.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025 -
Disability advocates and people with disabilities who rely on the service opposed the change, in public comments at the meeting, in letters to RTD board members, and in the media.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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That summer, Mbappe turned down the chance to join Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, despite PSG giving him permission to speak to them following a €300m bid in July 2023.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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On the other side, the suitor the board turned down, Paramount, which is resorting to a tactic known as a hostile takeover.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Dissented (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissented%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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