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majority

[muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor-] / məˈdʒɔr ɪ ti, -ˈdʒɒr- /




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The vast majority of day traders lose most or all of their money, warned Marni Rock Gibson, a Kentucky regulator who is the president of the North American Securities Administrators Association.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

At a $2 trillion valuation, Google’s stake in SpaceX would be worth about $122 billion, or more than the vast majority of public companies — even hot technology plays.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Barclays’s recent industry checks suggest solid performance at the chip unit, and it expects the majority of its revenue to come from external customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

District officials have previously described such cost-cutting attempts as potentially meaningful, but only marginally helpful given that employee salaries and benefits make up the vast majority of the district’s nearly $19-billion budget.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The age of majority used to be twenty-one; now it is eighteen.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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