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dissenting

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verb

present participle of dissent

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Recent Examples of dissenting
Adjective
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman was the sole dissenting vote. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 No Russian official who spoke gave a dissenting view. Nomaan Merchant and Vladimir Isachenkov, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2022
Verb
Fed Governor Christopher Waller was the lone dissenting vote for the Fed’s move. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 Commissioner Amanda Dumas cast the sole dissenting vote. Alexandria Sands, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dissenting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissenting
dissident
Adjective
  • Putin has rehabilitated the World War II–era Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who, as the Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov has said, was directly responsible for even more millions of deaths than Hitler.
    ANTONY BEEVOR, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
  • Other members of the dissident community, however, remained suspicious of Wang’s conduct.
    Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Dissenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissenting. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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