the great majority of

idiom

: most : almost all
He is supported by the great majority of voters.

Examples of the great majority of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The foundation loaned out the great majority of the vehicles featured in the exhibition. Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024 That would have torched everyone’s equity and for a lot of our employees that’s the great majority of their wealth. Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024 Historically, Boeing was vertically integrated - the great majority of product development and manufacturing was done in-house. Steve Banker, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Banks are extending credit to consumers of both kinds, but less so to businesses, which fear that the great majority of their customers will be tightening their belts for years to come. Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024 After a post-NFL premiere on Dec. 23 pulled in 4.65 million viewers, the show’s time period debut drew 3.33 million viewers Tuesday, holding on to the great majority of its Night Court lead-in (3.77 million). Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Unlike the great majority of tailors, who present clients with fabric swatches before ordering cloth, Beggars Run curates its own fabric selection directly from English mills twice yearly and tailors the majority into sample garments that clients can slip on. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023 By day’s end Friday, the Israeli toll stood at more than 1,300, the great majority of them civilians. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023 That disrespect stems in part from ethical scandals but in part, too, from the vast gulf between this Court’s substantive understanding of the Constitution, as well as its approach to the task of judging, and the vision of both those matters shared by the great majority of Americans. Laurence H. Tribe, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023

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“The great majority of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20great%20majority%20of. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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