the bulk
noun
: most of something : the largest part of something
We spent the bulk of the summer at the beach.
The great bulk of these people are extremely poor.
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Or if you're not transfixed by Pluribus, which sees the bulk of Earth's population forming a hive mind, there's a wealth of other content, including a surprisingly large amount of sci-fi.
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
While the bulk of those cases are linked to the cluster at the Utah-Arizona border, case numbers are also rising near Salt Lake City.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025
The show’s impish pairing of the President and Satan, in a love affair that recalled an earlier romance that Parker and Stone had imagined between the devil and Saddam Hussein, got the bulk of the attention.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
In an interview with state broadcaster RAI on November 22, Simico special commissioner Massimo Saldini said the bulk of the project will be ready by the end of December, with final testing to follow in January.
—Reuters 6 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
While the bulk of those cases are linked to the cluster at the Utah-Arizona border, case numbers are also rising near Salt Lake City.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025
The show’s impish pairing of the President and Satan, in a love affair that recalled an earlier romance that Parker and Stone had imagined between the devil and Saddam Hussein, got the bulk of the attention.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
In an interview with state broadcaster RAI on November 22, Simico special commissioner Massimo Saldini said the bulk of the project will be ready by the end of December, with final testing to follow in January.
—Reuters 6 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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“The bulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bulk. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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