How to Use majority in a Sentence

majority

noun
  • A clear majority of the voters support the policy.
  • The Republicans are currently the majority in the Senate.
  • The same would be the case for the vast majority of countries in the world.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And of course, Michael Thomas needs to stay healthy for the majority of the season.
    — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The club are aiming to get the majority of their business done, both ins and outs, by the end of June this year.
    — Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The vast majority, like Mendes, don’t want to yell at their kids.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The majority of the world is having fun with it, outside all the cranky NFL fans that just don't want to see the Chiefs win.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And Detroit was still the second-best team on the field last Sunday for the vast majority of the game.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The majority of which are in the U.S. and number 1,358 restaurants.
    — Anthony Robledo, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In Brazil’s Senate, things are even worse: there, the right has gained a majority.
    — David Rieff, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Even if a majority was enough to enact changes, an eighth school would need to join in on the dissent.
    — The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Both frontrunners fell short of a majority, so the race will go to a May 28 runoff.
    — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 15 May 2023
  • Finally, the vast majority of our R&D is right here in the U.S.
    — Will Henshall, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • Like the majority on Wall Street, the firm also has a buy rating.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Polls show the majority of French are opposed to the reform and its decision to push through the bill.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Like the majority of old cars and trucks, this Ford has a distant past that’s unknown.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The vast majority of countries that have carried out arrests in the past were African states and members of the ICC.
    — Francesca Ebel, Robyn Dixon and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And the case could turn on a simple majority of jurors.
    — David Sharp, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The majority of Americans, both on the left and the right, were looking for answers.
    — Margo Price, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
  • And [the] majority were just, like ... just cutesy poses.
    — Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 6 July 2024
  • Even then, the vast majority of spots were spoken for and the waiting list ran 80 people deep.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The bid won in 2018, with a majority of FIFA’s congress voting to grant rights to the three nations.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Given the government has a majority in the House, the bill will be passed into law.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
  • They cannot be allowed to undermine the future of the majority of the peoples on both sides.
    — TIME, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Republicans need to pick up just five seats to gain a majority in the House.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • That majority feeling hasn't abated in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.
    — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Thomas, meanwhile, in his dissent, argued that none of the laws that the majority cited was a close enough match for him.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
  • That said, the vast majority of buyers seemed pleased with their purchase.
    — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 4 May 2024
  • Seattle was the only team in the division to pick up a win in Week 1, much to the chagrin of a majority of the betting public.
    — Catena Media, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Both studies built on the premise that the vast majority of stories can be mapped onto just a handful of narrative arcs.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025

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