dissents (from)

verb

present tense third-person singular of dissent (from)
as in objects (to)

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  1. opposes
  2. hates
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  • Pappas opposes raising the retirement age, cutting benefits, and privatization.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Moon in your sign opposes Saturn, bringing your needs into contact with another person’s conditions.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • Customized Visual Language For Communication Architects, footwear designers and VFX designers all have their unique visual language for communication, and each of these fields, unsurprisingly, hates lengthy text descriptions in their place.
    — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As the president and TV host have been trading barbs, Kimmel’s fellow late-night peers John Oliver and Seth Meyers recently came up with a theory about why Trump hates him the most.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026
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“Dissents (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissents%20%28from%29. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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