How to Use in the majority in a Sentence
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Kavanaugh was in the majority 96% of the time, Roberts 95% of the time.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 July 2023
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Firearms were used in the majority of the deaths at 76 percent.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
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After four years in the majority, Democrats lost the House once again.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
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And those two justices, Jon, were most in the majority this term 95 percent of the time.
—ABC News, 2 July 2023
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Even in most of the states with no requirement on the books, AEDs are available in the majority of schools.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
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Kohl served as chair of all three panels when Democrats were in the majority.
—Todd Richmond, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
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Now their lawmakers are in the majority and want to be able to remake the rules.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
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The two judges in the majority did not explain their reasons.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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But such dissenting opinions were in the majority in the weeks to come.
—Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
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It is currently used in the majority of abortions in the US.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
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The City Council’s 3-2 vote for the appeal with Jensen in the majority could open the door to a legal challenge of the decision.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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And there aren't enough votes in the House either, now that Republicans are in the majority.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2023
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Despite the uptick, the report found only 1 in 3 people think they would be missed in the majority of their meetings.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
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In some ways, the well-to-do class isn’t so different from the electorate, as polls have shown Mr. Trump leading in the majority of battleground states.
—Rob Copeland, New York Times, 15 May 2024
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Completing his 18th term, Roberts was in the majority in every one of the court’s most important cases, and chose to write the opinions in four of them.
—Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
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Autopsies found no heart defects in the majority of those who died.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2023
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Fentanyl remains the biggest threat in Michigan and across the nation and is involved in the majority of drug overdose deaths.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
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With high scores in the majority of categories—many well over 9.0—the Google Pixel line of phones is almost impossible to beat for work phone of the year.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023
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The trio voted in the majority in nearly every one of the highest-profile cases.
—Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
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In a second vote that May, with McCarthy in the majority, Cheney was ousted from the leadership.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
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But for the majority of people in the majority of situations, this is the one.
—John Bradley, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
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Seven months later, the Supreme Court issued its ruling, upholding the ban 5–4, with Thomas in the majority.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2022
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But Senate Democrats, who are in the majority, all but certainly won't include many of those same amendments.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 18 July 2023
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But Democrats are also only guaranteed a few more months in the majority.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2022
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Other judges gave a different reason, but that was in the majority.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 26 July 2023
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Kavanaugh was in the majority in 96% of this term’s decisions, more than any other justice.
—John Fritze, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
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Programs funded through vouchers, tax credits or scholarships have been around since the 1990s and are now available in the majority of states.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
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Kagan had harsher words for her colleagues in the majority.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 25 May 2023
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All these people are using streetwear in the majority of their collections.
—Alyson Zetta Williams, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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With their wide acceptance in the majority of US states and Canada, these gummies can be savored without a hint of concern.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2023
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