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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In the court’s 2023 opinion, the justices in the majority had different reasons for dismissing that earlier challenge. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025 Still, the vice president met with GOP holdouts in the majority leader's office Saturday as the White House has put pressure on lawmakers to get the bill across the finish line. Kaia Hubbard june 29, CBS News, 29 June 2025 And where Luther had called for religious instruction to occur in one’s native language, most Nordic clergy provided catechesis only in the majority language, considering Sámi language and traditions impediments to true conversion. Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025 He’s been given the lead in the majority of his starts and pitched it away. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the majority

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“In the majority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20majority. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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