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majority

Definition for majority

noun as in plurality, most

noun as in adulthood

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Christians made up the majority of Lebanon’s population in the 1930s, when the country last carried out an official census.

Of those, about 150,000 work in the trucking industry, with the majority based on the West Coast.

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"The time has come for a silent majority to say something against rather dangerous, violent tendencies," rights activist and protest organiser Vedrana Bibic said ahead of the rally.

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But the technology isn’t in “regular use” by the majority of American companies, and may take years to generate substantial economic dividends.

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The leak is a major embarrassment for the company, which is headquartered in the U.S. but does the vast majority of its business in South Korea.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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