majority
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The measure needs a simple majority to win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The fire service attended 62 incidents, with the majority in the Greater Belfast Area.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Roberts is the only member of the conservative majority who doesn’t readily identify as an originalist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Nestlé acquired a majority stake in Oakland, Calif.–based Blue Bottle Coffee for $425 million in 2017.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
As described by William Julius Wilson in his book When Work Disappears, the overwhelming majority of African Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded schools lacking basic resources.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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