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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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.
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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
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, and Irma Carrillo Ramirez, an appointee of President Joe Biden, were in the majority in issuing a pause on the law.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
All these people are using streetwear in the majority of their collections.
—Alyson Zetta Williams, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The proposal to introduce a 13th annual payout to pensioners was supported by 58.2% of the electorate and also met the additional requirement of being passed in the majority of Switzerland’s cantons.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
If approved, passage of the continuing resolution would be a less-than-triumphant capstone to the House GOP’s first year in the majority.
—Stephen Groves, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
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
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, and Irma Carrillo Ramirez, an appointee of President Joe Biden, were in the majority in issuing a pause on the law.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
All these people are using streetwear in the majority of their collections.
—Alyson Zetta Williams, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The proposal to introduce a 13th annual payout to pensioners was supported by 58.2% of the electorate and also met the additional requirement of being passed in the majority of Switzerland’s cantons.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
If approved, passage of the continuing resolution would be a less-than-triumphant capstone to the House GOP’s first year in the majority.
—Stephen Groves, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
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