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majority

Definition for majority

noun as in plurality, most

noun as in adulthood

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It wasn't enough for the measure reach its 60 percent majority threshold, therefore abortion access will remain limited in the south.

From Salon

Once organizers can tap into those values and find a “shared understanding,” the goal is to have an “overwhelming majority” to win a similar measure in the future.

From Salon

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon

Musk isn’t influencing everything so far—his preferred Senate majority leader, Rick Scott, lost that bid to South Dakota’s John Thune—but it’s clear who’ll be wearing the pants at DOGE.

From Slate

The majority of those employees who wouldn’t be hit work with agencies whose DOGE-style “reorganizations” would require congressional approval—which isn’t inevitable, since Republicans command only small majorities in the legislative chambers.

From Slate

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