plurality

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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she had launched the probe over concerns the deal could affect the "plurality of views" in the UK media.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

A plurality of the faithful are immigrants and the overwhelming majority are Latino.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The socialist Salvador Allende became president after achieving a narrow 36.61% plurality in an election that saw his two opponents secure a combined 63.38% of the vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

That the city where nearly every language and religion on earth already exists in public would somehow collapse under the weight of its own plurality?

From Slate • Jan. 3, 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