noun
Etymology
Origin of dissenter
Example Sentences
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the lone dissenter, frames Colorado’s law as prohibiting merely “a dangerous therapy modality that, incidentally, involves provider speech.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
He was the lone dissenter who preferred no rate cut given the residual strength of the economy.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025
In the circuit court’s decision, the dissenter, Judge Susan Graber, kept saying: “They’re really not telling the truth!”
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
He was the sole dissenter at the Fed’s September meeting, arguing for a half-percentage-point cut.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
The occasional dissenter accuses me of betraying my fellow officers and being a rat, asserting that “what goes on in corrections should stay in corrections.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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