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 structure of some of these agencies, with members of both major parties serving staggered terms, has helped ensure some distance and independence from the White House.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Harris, with Biden’s backing, quickly moved to the top of the ticket with fewer than four months to campaign, becoming the first Black woman to run as a major party’s presidential nominee.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Incumbent Governor Ron DeSantis is term-limited and cannot seek re-election, opening the field to a range of potential candidates from both major parties.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Looking for these red flags is counterintelligence 101, an imperfect, laborious, and invasive process that American presidents of both major parties have nevertheless accepted as the cost of doing intelligence business.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Harris, with Biden’s backing, quickly moved to the top of the ticket with fewer than four months to campaign, becoming the first Black woman to run as a major party’s presidential nominee.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Incumbent Governor Ron DeSantis is term-limited and cannot seek re-election, opening the field to a range of potential candidates from both major parties.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Looking for these red flags is counterintelligence 101, an imperfect, laborious, and invasive process that American presidents of both major parties have nevertheless accepted as the cost of doing intelligence business.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 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 30 Mar. 2025.
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