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dissenting

  • present participle
    of dissent.
    dissent
    verb (used without object)
    to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).
  • a word derived from dissent.
    dissent
    verb (used without object)
    to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).

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One explanation for Friday’s yen dip is that BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda faced two dissenting votes to his rate increase, from board members appointed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The dissenting group, it’s my privilege and headache to divulge, consists of the three featured players themselves, two female, one male.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger