plurality
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Seven months later, a plurality of Democratic primary voters in Michigan chose Dr. Abdul El-Sayed as the party’s nominee for Senate.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows the single top issue this midterm for a plurality of Americans is the cost of living, and that 71% of respondents disapprove of Mr. Trump’s handling of that problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition, respectively.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A plurality of Platner supporters make $100,000 or more.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Whatever portable plurality she found, she organized into neat lines, according to their size, shape, or gradations of color.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"I think Wales is just a fundamentally plural place, a place built on pluralities in its history and its culture and its language," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2022
However, there’s a catch, Mr. Dunham points out: Only when an alternative of life without parole is preserved do pluralities or majorities support ending it.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
Even such commonly used labels as “explorer,” familiar to museum patrons from wall texts and audio guides, conceal countless unnamed pluralities and alternative points of view.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Asian voters in the survey sided with her 41% to 20%, and pluralities of liberals, moderates and conservatives also were in Clinton's camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2015
He had bound the might of units, only to find that it was assumed by pluralities.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Turtles All the Way Down
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U.S. Government - Middle School and High School
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Chapter 12: The Jackson Era
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