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Recent Examples of plurality
So the second challenge for the America Party would be to find recruits who bring their credibility with them — who could plausibly start at a 15% to 20% floor and build toward the necessary plurality, rather than needing to spend a fortune just to achieve any position in the polls.
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
While the plurality of new restaurants reside within Sacramento, restaurants joined shopping complexes and business districts across the Valley.
—Camila Pedrosa
july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
Internal state polling by the HRC found large majorities of Americans supported trans rights, but a plurality opposed allowing transgender athletes to compete in sports.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The Pew numbers show a Democratic plurality at 49 percent.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
While the plurality of new restaurants reside within Sacramento, restaurants joined shopping complexes and business districts across the Valley.
—Camila Pedrosa
july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
Internal state polling by the HRC found large majorities of Americans supported trans rights, but a plurality opposed allowing transgender athletes to compete in sports.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The Pew numbers show a Democratic plurality at 49 percent.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plurality
Noun
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Plea bargains resolve the vast majority of criminal cases.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Caissie has played the majority of his games in right field, but also has some time in left field.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The result is that Europe has a profusion of economic security goals but lacks the means to achieve them.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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The rapid profusion of open-source software has prompted development of the U.S. Government’s Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).—
Guy Fedorkow,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Consider the potlatch ceremonies of Pacific Northwest tribes, where status derives not from accumulating wealth but from giving it away.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Instead of wealth transformation, executives were given I.O.U.s.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One thing that the Primetime Emmys telecast has over the Oscars is a preponderance of performance categories: 12 acting awards are handed out at the main ceremony, triple that of their glitzier film-industry rivals.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Aug. 2025
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Sports in particular is ripe for bundling, given the unraveling of traditional pay-TV and the preponderance of niche services left in limbo by the transition to digital.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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The incident response was out of an abundance of caution, according to Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt.—
Stacey Barchenger,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, an abundance of culinary options (chef Roy Yamaguchi’s two restaurants) and interactive offerings (hula lessons, kayak turtle tours) await on the property’s 22 acres.—
Forbes Travel Guide,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Video shot from across the street by pan-Arab channel Al Ghad showed people climbing the stairwell just after the first strike, past walls with chunks shorn off -- followed by the boom of the second strike, a huge plume of smoke and a heap of wreckage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Aug. 2025
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While Adler’s book and DeVito’s movie imagined Mrs. Rose as a rising catering star, Roach’s film turns her into a massive culinary brand, with Ivy’s success propelling her toward the very top of the food world heap.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Plurality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plurality. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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