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Noun
In a 2005 Supreme Court dissent, Scalia argued that the FCC should regulate internet service providers as telecommunications services and not information services. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025 Much was made of Zlatan’s absence for the Lazio game when Leao and Hernandez appeared to show dissent. James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
The lone dissenting vote at the FTC was cast by Andrew Ferguson, a Republican who has been tapped by Trump to take over as the agency’s chair. Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024 Hammack’s is the second dissenting vote in the Fed’s recent rate cutting cycle, a departure from the typically unanimous decisions of the committee. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dissent 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissent
Noun
  • The law aims to prevent China from collecting substantial amounts of data from the platform's 170 million U.S. users and covertly manipulate the content on TikTok to harm the U.S. by sowing discord and division, federal officials have said.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Gallup’s research shows that U.S. adults think 2025 will be a year of political conflict, economic difficulty, international discord, increasing power for China and Russia and a rising federal budget deficit.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law requiring a sale or ban of TikTok on Friday, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with part of the decision.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Though my parents would disagree after seeing some of my videos.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Following the recent unreliability and rumors of heresy, the remaining Hierarchs replaced the Sangheili with the Jiralhanae as their military leaders.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • That prompted the Vatican earlier this week to issue a statement stressing that the blessings don’t constitute heresy and there were no doctrinal grounds to reject the practice.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Below, a breakdown of the different types of curly hair: What to Consider When Shopping for the Best Curly Hair Products The Different Types of Curly Hair Products Those of us with curly hair deeply understand the strife and struggle that comes along with trying to manage our curly hair.
    Claire Sullivan, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
  • In a year flooded with political and economic strife, the predictability of holiday purchasing was anything but certain.
    Bernard May, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This demand for nonconformity reflects a broader narrative rooted in American history, where risk-taking and resilience have been essential to the nation’s identity.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The nonconformity factor produced a surprisingly realistic result.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There has been reported friction between Rodgers and McCarthy.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And that temper may be what’s causing friction between him and his wife, Charlotte (Julia Garner).
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Although Iran is brimming with dissidence, no coherent resistance movement has emerged.
    Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The death of Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in prison last month punctuated a merciless crackdown on dissidence in Russia that has accelerated during its war with Ukraine.
    Anna Chernova, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Over time, this dynamic erodes trust and breeds unnecessary friction in your interactions, to the point that others notice the unstated conflict.
    David Nour, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • However, tariffs alone might not suffice to prevent conflict, requiring Trump to pair them with military and diplomatic strategies to ensure regional stability.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

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