dissented (from)

past tense of dissent (from)

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Verb
  • However, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office staunchly opposed the amendment, citing the need to replace the cameras, which are between five and six years past their shelf lives.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Now running as an independent, Cuomo is looking to make a political comeback by building a coalition of voters opposed to Mamdani, a democratic socialist.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Yennefer is back with the sisterhood formerly known as the brotherhood, but things aren't going super-well for the magical mavens, decimated in ranks by the evil Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) and hated by the public for, well, reasons.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, 42 percent hated their overreliance on artificial intelligence, and 49 percent were critical of the younger age group’s oversharing on social media.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Dissented (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissented%20%28from%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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