plurality

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"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

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

The plurality of my customers are hardworking locals—truck drivers, construction workers, even housekeepers from the attached hotel—and I want them to have the closest to a “fine dining” experience that the grubby circumstances will allow.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich