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 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
• Like the majority of old cars and trucks, this Ford has a distant past that’s unknown.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Underneath that are the vast majority of programs and movies whose numbers never see the light of day.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• The majority of the album stays true to Grande’s glossy pop roots under the tutelage of producer Max Martin, who also co-wrote many of the songs with the singer.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
• Joining the majority were Carlos Muñiz and Jamie Grosshans, who filed their own opinions.
  — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• Writing for the majority, Roberts instead concluded that the court could still reach the merits.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
• The vast majority of bites are unprokoved (94%) while a small number of attacks (6%) are provoked.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• But a funny thing happened on the way to a Democratic majority.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• This company is a glimpse into a trend that will become common in 2024: Once enough people are in the office, the majority will want to be there too.
  — Amy Edmondson, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
• The beaches are the main allure of Los Cabos, taking up the vast majority of Tripadvisor's top 15 things to do.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• In an early loss for Paxton, a 5-4 majority last year blocked the state from enforcing its law while the case continues.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
• In return for footing the upfront costs, the company also at times keeps a majority of the revenue.
  — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 1 June 2023
• Members of the council majority said that there was a great deal of benefit to having the roadside dining spots in downtown.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Even Haywood Highsmith held his ground in nine minutes off the bench, after barely playing for the majority of the series.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• On one hand, as Friedman noted last week, most teams that lose the majority of their starting rotations don’t make the playoffs, let alone win 100 games.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• Still, everything had to be made by hand, and the vast majority of people remained, by today’s standards, dirt poor.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The majority of ill patients came from Ohio, with 11 people in the state having reported being sick.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
• The vast majority of items on the menus are included, but each of the restaurants offers one or two indulgent options at an extra cost.
  — Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• The company expects that the majority of the restructuring charge will be incurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024