as in dissents
departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice
an artistic movement that doesn't tolerate nonconformity
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Noun
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As a member of the court's liberal minority, Sotomayor often writes or joins dissents in cases involving hot-button political issues.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026 -
The chair of the Fed has just one vote among a dozen on its rate-setting committee, but dissents against the chair are rare.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Marlins catcher Agustín Ramírez and first baseman Connor Norby made errors, raising Miami's NL-high total to 15 in 15 games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Nonconformities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformities. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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