majority rule
noun
: a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
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Victories for both Democrats could put their party on its way to achieving majority rule in the state House, which Democrats haven't had since the 1960s.
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Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
That’ll help the scale — because right now, the majority rules, and the majority seems to be closer to the R&B/hip-hop side.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Though South Africa was finally making the transition to Black majority rule, Stellenbosch — a predominantly white town in the cradle of Afrikaner nationalism — was a stark contrast to the liberal American college town that Moore’s family had left behind.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
South Africa’s new leaders initially tried to adapt the political-economic strategy of the apartheid era to Black majority rule.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
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Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
That’ll help the scale — because right now, the majority rules, and the majority seems to be closer to the R&B/hip-hop side.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Though South Africa was finally making the transition to Black majority rule, Stellenbosch — a predominantly white town in the cradle of Afrikaner nationalism — was a stark contrast to the liberal American college town that Moore’s family had left behind.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
South Africa’s new leaders initially tried to adapt the political-economic strategy of the apartheid era to Black majority rule.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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