How to Use majority in a Sentence

majority

noun

• A clear majority of the voters support the policy.
• The Republicans are currently the majority in the Senate.
• And the case could turn on a simple majority of jurors.
  — David Sharp, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
• The colorful line was dotted around the Dior store, with a majority of the pieces being showcased on the men’s floor on the lower ground floor.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
• The majority of the arrests were from underage drinking and driving under the influence.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• The vast majority of countries that have carried out arrests in the past were African states and members of the ICC.
  — Francesca Ebel, Robyn Dixon and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
• More than 50 people died, thousands were injured and thousands more were arrested (a majority of whom were Latino, mostly young men).
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Other polls have found a large gender divide in the election, with a majority of women backing Harris and a majority of men backing Trump.
  — Alex Wayne | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Currently, only about 1 in 10 taxpayers itemize, the majority of whom are high-income earners.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Yamamoto was inconsistent for the majority his first season with the Dodgers, his adjustment to the major leagues delayed by a shoulder injury that sidelined him for three months.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• The same would be the case for the vast majority of countries in the world.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
• And of course, Michael Thomas needs to stay healthy for the majority of the season.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• The majority of the world is having fun with it, outside all the cranky NFL fans that just don't want to see the Chiefs win.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Even if a majority was enough to enact changes, an eighth school would need to join in on the dissent.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2023
• Both frontrunners fell short of a majority, so the race will go to a May 28 runoff.
  — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 15 May 2023
• Finally, the vast majority of our R&D is right here in the U.S.
  — Will Henshall, TIME, 30 May 2024
• Like the majority on Wall Street, the firm also has a buy rating.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
• Like the majority of old cars and trucks, this Ford has a distant past that’s unknown.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
• The majority of Americans, both on the left and the right, were looking for answers.
  — Margo Price, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
• And [the] majority were just, like ... just cutesy poses.
  — Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 6 July 2024
• Even then, the vast majority of spots were spoken for and the waiting list ran 80 people deep.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• They cannot be allowed to undermine the future of the majority of the peoples on both sides.
  — TIME, 6 Jan. 2024
• That majority feeling hasn't abated in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.
  — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
• Thomas, meanwhile, in his dissent, argued that none of the laws that the majority cited was a close enough match for him.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
• That said, the vast majority of buyers seemed pleased with their purchase.
  — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 4 May 2024
• The latter was clearly the intent of the high court’s majority, the legal experts said.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
• The majority of the benefits comes from some of those other pieces around game engines and LED walls.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
• In a majority of his visits to the New York courtrooms, Trump made sure to speak to the press assembled outside the courtroom.
  — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
• The nominee that receives the most points and appears on the majority of ballots wins.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2024
• And Senate Democrats, with their one-vote majority, have helped.
  — Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024