Example Sentences

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I don’t generally cling to old beliefs, I tend to admire those who have dissented against prevailing orthodoxies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

But Roberts is the only justice not to have dissented.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020

Of course, Gorsuch could have dissented and expressed his disagreement with the circuit precedent.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2017

Rehnquist made it clear that while he might well have dissented from the original opinion, “the principles of stare decisis weigh heavily against overruling it now.”

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016

Yet at home there were still those who would have dissented from this opinion, as, secretly, her aunt dissented.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore