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as in discords
a lack of agreement or harmony
considerable dissent within the party's rank and file
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as in heresies
departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice
the church reacted to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its proponents
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as in disagrees
to have a different opinion
anyone who dissented was encouraged to speak out while they had the chance
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Recent Examples of dissents
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The appeal was presented to Justice Elena Kagan, but the court reported no dissents.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
The internal rift at the Fed remains unresolved since December’s meeting, which produced the most formal dissents at the Fed since 2019.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Four of the conservative justices have already issued dissents asserting these laws are unconstitutional.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
The state Supreme Court upheld the provision 5-2 along party lines, with dissents coming from the two Republican justices, David Overstreet and Lisa Holder White.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The court’s four liberal justices at the time joined him over the other conservative justices’ dissents; Trump has since appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tilting the court further in conservatives’ favor.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
The seventh and senior justice, Jorge Labarga, born in Cuba and raised in Pahokee, will continue to write solitary dissents.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
The seventh and senior justice, Jorge Labarga, born in Cuba and raised in Pahokee, will continue to write solitary dissents.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
But the high court, without comment or any noted dissents, refused to intervene.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The appeal was presented to Justice Elena Kagan, but the court reported no dissents.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
The internal rift at the Fed remains unresolved since December’s meeting, which produced the most formal dissents at the Fed since 2019.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Four of the conservative justices have already issued dissents asserting these laws are unconstitutional.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
The state Supreme Court upheld the provision 5-2 along party lines, with dissents coming from the two Republican justices, David Overstreet and Lisa Holder White.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The court’s four liberal justices at the time joined him over the other conservative justices’ dissents; Trump has since appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tilting the court further in conservatives’ favor.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
The seventh and senior justice, Jorge Labarga, born in Cuba and raised in Pahokee, will continue to write solitary dissents.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
The seventh and senior justice, Jorge Labarga, born in Cuba and raised in Pahokee, will continue to write solitary dissents.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissents
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.—
April Uchitel,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
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That is something that nobody disagrees with.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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But a new 2026 MetLife study disagrees.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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That ruling, which found that the contract awarded to Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company violated Panama’s constitution and follows the official audit, again raises frictions.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Starmer’s diplomatic shift appears to mirror that of Canada which signed a trade agreement with China earlier this month following a visit by Carney, as Ottawa appears to diversify trade and investment partners amid persistent frictions with Washington.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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The band’s success was stymied by internal schisms, as Negron’s addiction to drugs eventually landed him on Skid Row for a time.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2026
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Yet even within conservative or liberal groups, there are signs that each one would eventually emerge with the same types of schisms that exist today.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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If multiple hypotheses work to explain the data equally well but one conflicts with reality in some other realm (and the other doesn’t), the one that’s valid across the widest range of applicability is superior.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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Previously, there was also a recasting of the original leads, Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler, due to scheduling conflicts, with Spaeny and Starkey taking over the roles.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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Judges have a duty to ensure that a person’s liberty, due process rights, and privacy are not compromised by administrative or technical errors.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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But those errors didn’t stop his performance on Sunday from helping Team USA earn a gold medal in the team figure skating event.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Pressure from shareholders and the race to beat out competitors in the AI wars factor into the efficiency drive.—
Sarah Jackson,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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There are hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza, cold wars on the Korean peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait, and budding wars in Iran and parts of Africa.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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At least five competing proposals have emerged from major coalitions, several of which have fractured in recent days as internal disputes deepened.—
JACQUELINE CHARLES MIAMI HERALD,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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At least five competing proposals have emerged from major coalitions, several of which have fractured in recent days as internal disputes deepened.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Dissents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissents. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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