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plurality

[ploo-ral-i-tee] / plʊˈræl ɪ ti /


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Seven months later, a plurality of Democratic primary voters in Michigan chose Dr. Abdul El-Sayed as the party’s nominee for Senate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Extraterrestrial cosmologies descend from the philosophically Protestant speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine, each of whom posited a plurality of worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The last time a plurality of American Jews did not support the Democratic nominee for president was in 1920.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Macron is meeting with Sharaa to discuss post-war reconstruction of Syria and reiterate his call for "unity" and "plurality", having also met with civil society representatives.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Whatever portable plurality she found, she organized into neat lines, according to their size, shape, or gradations of color.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Majorities or pluralities of the public — including both Democrats and Republicans — say security alliances with countries from East Asia to Europe to the Middle East benefit both the United States and its allies.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2019

Even such commonly used labels as “explorer,” familiar to museum patrons from wall texts and audio guides, conceal countless unnamed pluralities and alternative points of view.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

Polls consistently have shown that large pluralities, if not majorities, of students favor restricting speech that is upsetting or offensive.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2018

Asian voters in the survey sided with her 41% to 20%, and pluralities of liberals, moderates and conservatives also were in Clinton's camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2015

He had bound the might of units, only to find that it was assumed by pluralities.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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