plurality
Example Sentences
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President George W. Bush had won reelection with not just a plurality, but a majority of the popular vote.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
"A youth movement will be more effective when internal divisions are minimal, there is ideological plurality without antagonism, and there are few established parties that can easily hijack the movement's results."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
A plurality of Latino voters also favor it, with 44% in support and 41% opposed.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Contrast that with the tone of Friedrich Merz, the center-right Chancellor who won a plurality in that election despite Mr. Vance’s intrusions and is Germany’s most pro-U.S. leader in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
It was likely that multiple candidates would run in the primary, which meant that Barack would only need to command a plurality of the vote to win the Democratic nomination.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing plurality
U.S. Government - Middle School and High School
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Turtles All the Way Down
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Chapter 12: The Jackson Era
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