How to Use plurality in a Sentence

plurality

noun

• Aiken then seemed poised to pick up the plurality on the fourth vote.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Still, the plurality of the list was made up of tech companies, with 41 making the cut.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2023
• This set brings a plurality of things to the bar table, nine in total.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• The Republicans tried, but failed, to use the plurality rule to end the debate.
  — Thomas Balcerski, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
• Like Trump, Vance won a plurality (in this instance, about a third of the vote) en route to the nomination.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 4 May 2022
• Strong was the first candidate in the race and won the plurality in all five of the counties that make up the north Alabama district.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2022
• Prakash’s point is made clear by the title’s plurality: Salad is not just for the warm-weather months.
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
• Still, as Pew noted, a plurality of U.S. adults are in agreement on the matter.
  — Steven Rosenbush, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
• Though PiS won the plurality with about 35.4 percent of the vote, it is left without a path to a governing coalition.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• Just as many now say gas prices are going down, with a one-third plurality saying prices have been staying the same.
  — Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2024
• The Greek atomists also believed in the plurality of worlds.
  — Camilo Garzón, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022
• The other 48 states have plurality, or winner-take-all, voting, in which a candidate can win with less than 50% of the vote.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2022
• To end the stalemate, the House decided to adopt a plurality rule, which bypassed the need for a majority.
  — Thomas Balcerski, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
• Published at the beginning of June, the poll found a narrow plurality of people who felt gun laws are not strict enough.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
• Later, it was cited as 23 or 24 weeks in the Casey plurality opinion.
  — Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Those 1,100 counties hold a plurality of the nation’s up-for-grabs electorate.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2022
• The 1856 fight for speaker took two months, the longest in history, and was only resolved with a plurality vote.
  — Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
• There is no runoff, so a candidate can win with a simple plurality.
  — Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
• There are just two rules: The teacher will order only one food item for the whole class (single-winner), and whichever food gets the most votes wins (plurality vote).
  — Christopher Devine, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
• This is the hair care brand trusted by the plurality of folks with dyed hair, which itself is severely damaging to hair.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 26 June 2022
• The cuisine itself reminds me in a way of the food scene in Los Angeles and its wonderful plurality.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Before the law passed, a May poll found that a narrow plurality of respondents — about 47 percent — opposed the idea.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• Candidates must receive a plurality of votes, which means the candidate with the most votes wins without a runoff.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Only Texas is sort of the outlier – a plurality, 48-45.
  — NBC News, 8 May 2022
• The closure is certain to raise questions about media plurality in The Philippines.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
• But Perot still failed to get a plurality of voters in any single state, something that no third party has done since 1968.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
• Among all American adults, the survey found that a plurality (41%) supports banning the app.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• And 14 years after doing away with the draft, a plurality of Poles favors bringing back some form of army conscription.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• Most candidates are spending the plurality of their time in Iowa, in keeping with its prime placement on the calendar.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Only a plurality of 48%, though, backed using state money to extend the border wall.
  — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024