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Recent Examples of pluralityIran has long enjoyed a strong foothold in Lebanon, which had a Shiite plurality if not majority (it’s been decades since the last census).—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025 And this is in a year where fifth-round rookie Jarvis Brownlee Jr. and preseason waiver claim Darrell Baker Jr. have taken a plurality of the outside corner snaps.—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Although Syria has a religiously and ethnically mixed population, including a plurality of Sunni Muslims along with Kurds, Christians and other minorities, Assad belongs to a minority Shiite sect, known as Alawites, who have controlled the country for decades.—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 Temecula is a city with a plurality of Republican voters, and its school board has passed policies more aligned with the rightward shift in public schools in red states than with the liberal ethos of California.—Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for plurality
The House majority in 2020 moved to largely close its caucus meetings, a break from years of tradition to hold them openly.
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Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
If American society was truly merit-based and colorblind — as people of color strongly favor — how does the author explain how most CEOs, billionaires, millionaires and Ivy League students have been and still are majority White?
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Despite Katrina Lindsay’s profusion of colorful ’70s and ’80s costumes, the dominant vibe is still Apple Store blankness, the predictable canvas for the digital-imagery-happy modern director.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2024
Among the fun facts about the Garden City, as Augusta is known because of its profusion of private gardens and dazzling spring flowers, is that it was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales, a title now held by Prince William.
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Tribune News Service,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2024
Still here for him Roki Sasaki seemingly has an endless wealth of resources at his disposal with the Dodgers.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
His main legislative achievement came in his first year with the passage of an enormous tax cut that was popular among Republicans generally but that greatly benefited high-income earners and holders of wealth.
Crucially, courts would only need a preponderance of evidence to impose a fine.
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Audrey McAvoy,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Since canines didn't pursue fish as their primary prey, the preponderance of isotopes in the canine bone signaling salmon presence suggests that humans fed the canine fish.
Hubble observations of the galaxy’s age, mass of stars and heavy-element abundance would help researchers test competing models of galaxy evolution that predict distinct signatures across the two halves of the disk.
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Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
With its close proximity to the Russian mainland (400 miles), its abundance of natural resources, and its strategic location at the gateway to the North Atlantic, the set of Islands were critical to Moscow’s economic and defense interests.
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James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
More From the Los Angeles Times Lifestyle ‘Survivor’s guilt’ is real right now in L.A.
Jan. 20, 2025
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Paralyzed by heaps of post-fire paperwork?
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Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
The gas station was so close to the evacuation zone — the house directly across the street now lay in a charred heap — that neighbors staying in homes that survived could load up on supplies.
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