lion's share

Example Sentences

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The New Yorker has estimated the family’s total profiteering to be worth around $4 billion, with the lion’s share coming from the Gulf monarchies.

From Salon

The U.S. will supply the lion’s share of the release, more than 100 million of the 400 million barrels, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

For much of the last week and a half, the lion's share of the attention about America and Israel's war with Iran has, understandably, been consumed by the pictures and testimony about the conflict around the Middle East - in Iran, Israel, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates among others.

From BBC

That’s a big deal in an economy that relies on consumer spending for the lion’s share of its growth.

From Barron's

If he wants to buy you out — and this makes up the lion’s share of your estate — anything not regarded as fair market value would be seen as a gift by the IRS.

From MarketWatch