major party
noun
: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power
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Others suggest that the nation’s two major parties have not spent enough time and resources on Hispanic outreach.
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Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 16 May 2024
States and large cities typically had at least two rival machines, one for each major party.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
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Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 16 May 2024
States and large cities typically had at least two rival machines, one for each major party.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for major party
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“Major party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20party. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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