plurality
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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
The last time a plurality of American Jews did not support the Democratic nominee for president was in 1920.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition, respectively.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Mr. Petro’s party has a plurality in Congress and Mr. de la Espriella will inherit woeful state finances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
But others thought that the plurality of worlds followed immediately from the ideas of Copernicus and Kepler and found themselves aghast.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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"I think Wales is just a fundamentally plural place, a place built on pluralities in its history and its culture and its language," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2022
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
However, there’s a catch, Mr. Dunham points out: Only when an alternative of life without parole is preserved do pluralities or majorities support ending it.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 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
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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