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majority
noun as in plurality, most
Strongest match
Strong matches
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best part, greater number, greater part, larger part, lion's share, more than half
noun as in adulthood
Weak matches
age of consent, drinking age, full age, legal maturity, prime of life, ripe age, voting age
Example Sentences
Sporadic Parkinson's cases represent the majority of diagnoses, the Parkinson's Foundation notes.
In Brussels, the regional parliament currently has 89 elected members from 14 parties, and forging a coalition is even more complex because you need majorities among both French-speaking and Dutch-speaking groups.
Christians made up the majority of Lebanon’s population in the 1930s, when the country last carried out an official census.
Of those, about 150,000 work in the trucking industry, with the majority based on the West Coast.
"The time has come for a silent majority to say something against rather dangerous, violent tendencies," rights activist and protest organiser Vedrana Bibic said ahead of the rally.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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