majority

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Iran’s metals sector generates several billion dollars in revenue annually, with the majority coming from steel exports, the Treasury Department said in a 2024 statement about Khuzestan Steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It’s the same LLC that they used to buy a majority of the dwellings they shared during their marriage.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The relationship with Authentic worsened when Arena’s majority owner, Manoj Bhargava, took over as interim chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The burst pipe was fixed on Thursday afternoon and SEW said a majority of the affected properties had supplies returned on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Several thousand soldiers were court-martialed and forty-nine were shot, but for the great majority of the men under his command, Pétain introduced reforms—longer periods of rest, more home leave, and better food.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman