DISSENTED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

dissented

verb

past tense of dissent

as in disagreed

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 dissented Hammack was also one of three Fed officials who dissented during the central bank’s most recent interest rate meeting, wanting a rate hike instead of holding rates steady. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 DeCiccio joined Commissioners Craig Russell and Kris Cruzada to pass it, while Commissioners Elizabeth Ingram and Warren Lindsey dissented. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 But three officials dissented in favor of higher rates during the meeting. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Three members of the rate-setting committee dissented from the Fed’s July decision to leave its benchmark for interest rates unchanged. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The Federal Reserve, meeting nine days before this report, held rates and three officials dissented in favor of a hike. — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 At the bank’s July meeting, three members of the Federal Open Market Committee dissented, arguing the bank should have raised interest rates rather than held them steady. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 The Fed kept rates unchanged at its meeting last week — but three officials dissented from that decision in favor of a rate hike. — Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 But the judges who dissented agreed with advocates who have argued that the law was vague and encroached on their First Amendment rights. — Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

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According to the complaint, Said and Gutman disagreed about whether their team should leave a work site during a press day for a movie release.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
Nina Smith, a former Buttigieg adviser who now works closely with progressive causes, disagreed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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