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lion's share
noun as in largest portion
Example Sentences
The duo are now the youngest people to write the lion’s share of a Disney song score, for “Moana 2.”
Wright explained, "Lou was taking a lion's share. Let's just say it's a dollar. The band gets 15% and he gets 85%. On top of that, he was a sixth member of the band. So he also got a piece out of their 15%."
But the garbage clunker received the lion’s share of attention due to the outcry from Puerto Rican voters in swing states.
The comment got the lion's share of media attention because it came early in the evening, drew rebukes from influential Puerto Ricans like Bad Bunny, and — most crucially for the horse race-focused media — because Puerto Ricans living in the 50 states have a right to vote in the presidential election.
The gang itself was accused of controlling the lion’s share of all Channel crossings from the French coast – with its network delivering equipment from across Europe – until, in late 2021 and 2022, its members were arrested in France, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, as part of the largest international operation of its kind at the time against small-boat smugglers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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