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Taylor, who did have a plurality of voter support in a losing effort, has already signaled his intent to run for mayor in a special election, which is likely to take place in the spring of next year.
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
John Quincy Adams won the election in the House, even though Andrew Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
The plurality of worlds becomes the foundation for a plurality of viewpoints.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The ballot measure shows bipartisan support, with a majority of Republicans and unaffiliated voters, along with a plurality of Democrats, backing it in the survey.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
John Quincy Adams won the election in the House, even though Andrew Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
The plurality of worlds becomes the foundation for a plurality of viewpoints.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The ballot measure shows bipartisan support, with a majority of Republicans and unaffiliated voters, along with a plurality of Democrats, backing it in the survey.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024
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And his only other big move in taking out Anika was done out of sight from the majority of the jury during the pre-merge.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Terry and Kim Pegula, the majority owners of the Buffalo Bills, welcomed 10 new minority owners that include private equity firm Arctos; Rob Palumbo, co-managing partner of Accel-KKR; and former NBA players Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady, among others.Jessica Golden, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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The former New York real estate developer has put his name on a profusion of products in recent years, including sneakers, Bibles, books and watches.Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
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We’ve been catapulted into this nebulous state by the powerful convergence of widespread broadband access, the profusion of mobile devices enabling near-constant Internet connectivity, and hundreds of innovations that have made data centers much easier to build and run.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
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More wealth is built through excellent money management than high incomes; that’s how powerful good money management can be.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mangione goes on to rail in his manifesto about the disparity between America’s wealth and the quality of its health care, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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After a year from hell, podcasting was repeatedly thrust into the spotlight over the past 12 months owing to a preponderance of head-turning moments and a presidential-election cycle that radically foregrounded the medium’s consequential nature.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Analysts looked at everything from the preponderance of elder abuse to assaults per capita to the share of adults with rainy day funds to the rate of fatal occupational injuries.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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This year commercial Dungeness crabbing south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line was delayed due to an abundance of humpbacks and a large number of recent entanglements, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife said.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Curved steel layers cascade down the landscape like a waterfall, while an abundance of windows flood the home with natural light.Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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While the Assad regime is now on the ash heap of history, Syria is still very much a state in turmoil, tugged in different directions by competing foreign powers that have every intention of keeping their influence.Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Mets have a $51 million player to pair with a Francisco Lindor’s $34 million, and a heap of players making at least $13 million.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Plurality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plurality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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