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majority

[muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor-] / məˈdʒɔr ɪ ti, -ˈdʒɒr- /




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A majority of older Americans prefer to age in place.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Federalist No. 10 proposed the idea that the great threat to our rights comes from majority faction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The vast majority will be brand new homes, while a small share will be conversions of existing market rate residential units into affordable units and extending deed-restrictions on some existing below-market units.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Shamefully, the court has never cited any Black figure from Reconstruction—not even Frederick Douglass—in a majority opinion.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Americans of mixed ethnicity will become the majority in the near future.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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