in the majority
idiom
: being of a number greater than half the total
Supporters of the new law appear to be in the majority.
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Advertisement All six Republican appointees were in the majority and said the legislators were motivated by partisan concerns, while the three Democratic appointees dissented and said voters were shifted based on their race.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
The two judges in the majority, Judges David Joseph and Robert Summerhays, agreed that race was the predominant factor that drove the state's decision-making when crafting the boundaries of the second majority-Black district, District 6.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Hostility to the quota program is most pronounced in the majority ethnic Macedonian population, which accounts for around 60 percent of the country’s 1.8 million people.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Cream cheese spreads recalled in the majority of states were sold at Aldi, although there was an overlap of both Aldi and Hy-Vee stores in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Among those supplies: Kits to determine whether drugs contain fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that is involved in the majority of the nation's 100,000-plus overdose deaths a year, including roughly 3,000 in Michigan.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
Today, Mexicans are no longer in the majority, and nearly half of undocumented immigrants live outside the six major hubs for immigrants – California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois.
—Katrina Burgess, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
In Milwaukee, the challenge of energy affordability is felt most keenly in the majority Black neighborhoods north of North Avenue between North 35th and North Holton streets, who on average pay 7% to 9% of their monthly income to heat their homes and keep the lights on.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
The decision was 4-2, with Justices John R. Lopez IV, Clint Bolick, James P. Beene and Kathryn H. King in the majority.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
The two judges in the majority, Judges David Joseph and Robert Summerhays, agreed that race was the predominant factor that drove the state's decision-making when crafting the boundaries of the second majority-Black district, District 6.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Hostility to the quota program is most pronounced in the majority ethnic Macedonian population, which accounts for around 60 percent of the country’s 1.8 million people.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Cream cheese spreads recalled in the majority of states were sold at Aldi, although there was an overlap of both Aldi and Hy-Vee stores in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Among those supplies: Kits to determine whether drugs contain fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that is involved in the majority of the nation's 100,000-plus overdose deaths a year, including roughly 3,000 in Michigan.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
Today, Mexicans are no longer in the majority, and nearly half of undocumented immigrants live outside the six major hubs for immigrants – California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois.
—Katrina Burgess, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
In Milwaukee, the challenge of energy affordability is felt most keenly in the majority Black neighborhoods north of North Avenue between North 35th and North Holton streets, who on average pay 7% to 9% of their monthly income to heat their homes and keep the lights on.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
The decision was 4-2, with Justices John R. Lopez IV, Clint Bolick, James P. Beene and Kathryn H. King in the majority.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
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