PLURALITY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

plurality

noun

Definition of plurality

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Recent Examples of plurality At the beginning, only 27% in a Reuters survey supported the attacks, while a 43% plurality opposed them and nearly a third of Americans were undecided. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Going into November, an Associated Press analysis found that Wasserman Schultz is the only white Democrat positioned to represent any of the remaining districts with a Black majority or plurality. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Chatham House’s study found a plurality of Haitians, 49%, approved of the new force, an improvement over other surveys that had found limited confidence in its ability to succeed. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 One is conventional, covering plurality of views in news media, which here means CNN International and Channel 5 arriving under a single owner. — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for plurality

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Noun

This is the kind of test that quickly separates a power station that merely has an impressive number printed on its case from one with an inverter and battery management system capable of handling tough, real-world loads.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures, large loads, and changing conditions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Democrats must decide whether to take the deal in front of them or, possibly with a congressional majority next year, craft a version more to their liking that may be met with staunch GOP opposition and, thus, gridlock purgatory yet again.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
While the majority of shoppers are Latino, particularly Mexican, Palomino said the market’s appeal extends to other communities as well.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of majority

Noun

Making pilgrims safe and comfortable But pilgrimages did not go away, nor did the profusion of information surrounding them.

— Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Here, those extra voices vastly outnumber the two main characters, leading to a profusion of confusing subplots that stray away from the main themes.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of profusion

Noun

The administration has pitched the accounts as a path to serious wealth.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Despite the fact that slavery had been abolished, it was transmuted into a different form, one that America continued to exploit to expand its wealth and industry.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of wealth

Noun

There's a preponderance of evidence for a good November for Democrats.

— Nathan Gonzales CQ-Roll Call, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The preponderance of this growth has been driven by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, which now has approximately 11,000 satellites in orbit, with many thousands more on the way.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of preponderance

Noun

Though Latin America’s sprawling club movement is at the forefront of dance music innovation, the inclusion of women has often lagged, despite an abundance of talent.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence will usher in a glorious new era of abundance.

— Ming Lu, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of abundance

Noun

Scientists are just beginning to parse through the heap and pick out the most exciting breakthroughs in their own fields.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
The calls heap pressure on the coalition government to loosen its purse strings, threatening to undermine its reputation for fiscal discipline just as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to present his three-year fiscal plan later this month.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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