majority
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Talks repeatedly broke down, as he went toe-to-toe with Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint’s majority owner, SoftBank, and a famously tough negotiator.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
She served as a Democrat in the Assembly and state Senate, becoming the Senate’s first woman majority leader in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Juliette Lewis will spend the majority of the film’s runtime inanimate; a chic vegetable that her friends draw lipstick on and talk to, as if she were as normal and responsive as any other day.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Nestlé acquired a majority stake in Oakland, Calif.–based Blue Bottle Coffee for $425 million in 2017.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
One aide put it bluntly: “A majority of people believed he regularly lied to them.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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