major party
noun
: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power
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The slide does not, however, mean that most Americans can no longer reasonably find a home in the two major parties.
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Leaders from both major parties condemned the stunt.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Her victory also gives Democrats three straight gubernatorial election wins in New Jersey, the first time in six decades that either major party has achieved a three-peat.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Leaders from both major parties condemned the stunt.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Her victory also gives Democrats three straight gubernatorial election wins in New Jersey, the first time in six decades that either major party has achieved a three-peat.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for major party
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“Major party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20party. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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