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as in bulk
the largest part or quantity of something a vast majority of the town's residents support the proposed tax reduction

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Noun
America also gets the vast majority of its electronics from there. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 Under terms of the deal, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission mid-month, the merged company will be 70% owned by Disney, which will appoint the majority of the board of directors. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Jimmie Johnson has made a surprising move by increasing his ownership stake to become the majority owner of Legacy Motor Club. David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025 While the majority of them ended up settling down in other Latin American countries, such as Colombia and Brazil, about 800,000 have sought refuge in the U.S.. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for majority 
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Noun
  • For larger deliveries, and when Washington tried to ship weapons in bulk, the process was slower.
    Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The pause could affect federal work-study programs and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, which are provided in bulk to colleges to provide to students, according to higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Last season, Jets owner Woody Johnson fired both coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas amidst a disappointing 5-12 season.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The researchers compared the results for the athletes with the same measures in the control group and the general population.
    Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s no defensible worldview in which presidents should be chosen by a cockamamie system that gives small states disproportionate weight and throws all votes in almost every state to whoever wins their plurality.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • China was rarely mentioned then, but for more than 30 years now, majorities or strong pluralities of Americans have told pollsters that China cheats.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Cummings comes to Randy Meyer Racing with an impressive track record and experience that includes two regional titles and an overall second-place finish in the national standings in 2022.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Because of the region’s overall small quantities, Craggy Range’s Pinot Noir is one of the few that is relatively easy to find at retailers and restaurants.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Vancouver will also be hoping that this is addition by subtraction as far as cleaning up the locker room dysfunction and public rift between Miller and Elias Pettersson.
    Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
  • But critics said privatization would give too much power to private businesses over a public asset and would actually increase costs to consumers.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Others popular games include a three-game set against the New York Yankees from May 9-11 and a series against the Boston Red Sox from Sept. 8-10.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2025
  • But Groundhog Day is the only popular American holiday that explicitly celebrates our relationship with nature and reliance on the delicate balance of the seasons.
    Avery Keatley, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Noem did not receive unanimous consent from Senators to fast-track a vote on her nomination, facing a brief delay.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law: In a unanimous decision, the court ruled against the popular app, rejecting the social media company’s First Amendment challenge to the law that effectively bans it in the United States.
    Adam Liptak, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Most people have characteristics of two different body types rather than just one predominant body type.3 Dietary Guidelines Ectomorphs can maintain their overall health by following a high-protein diet with balanced amounts of carbohydrates and fats.
    Laura Schober, Health, 6 Feb. 2025
  • After decades of being Lebanon’s predominant political and military organization, the group is reeling.
    Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Majority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majority. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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