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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The new government will be a coalition of all the island’s major parties except one — the Naleraq party, which has the closest connections to Mr. Trump.
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Maya Tekeli, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Canada’s major parties will now begin campaigning as Carney will go head-to-head with the Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois’ Yves-François Blanchet and the New Democratic Party’s Jagmeet Singh.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
The film focuses on Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, marking the first time a Black candidate ran for a major party in American history.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Every major party competing in Greenland's parliament opposes joining the U.S. and sees strong local governance or a push toward independence as more important than answering overtures from Washington.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Maya Tekeli, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Canada’s major parties will now begin campaigning as Carney will go head-to-head with the Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois’ Yves-François Blanchet and the New Democratic Party’s Jagmeet Singh.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
The film focuses on Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, marking the first time a Black candidate ran for a major party in American history.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Every major party competing in Greenland's parliament opposes joining the U.S. and sees strong local governance or a push toward independence as more important than answering overtures from Washington.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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 6 Apr. 2025.
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