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majority

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




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As the majority of the 80,000 fans went wild, Mexico's players mobbed the Wolves striker, the achievement sunk in for Jimenez, who was then in tears.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

OCI makes up a majority of Oracle’s $638 billion multiyear backlog, which includes a $300 billion deal with OpenAI.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Fertiglobe, majority owned by Abu Dhabi state oil company Adnoc, uses natural gas to produce fertilizers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“The other stuff will still be there in the background,” he said, “but fundamentally the football will, for the vast majority of people, take over. It’s just sort of a natural cycle.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

As a result, by the time Jefferson had arrived in New York in March, sixteen possible sites had been proposed but had failed to muster a majority.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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