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quorum

[kwawr-uhm, kwohr-] / ˈkwɔr əm, ˈkwoʊr- /
NOUN
majority
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The meeting has to take place before 31 December as per reports, after the previous one was adjourned for lack of quorum, but no new date has yet been announced.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the meantime, lower courts should test the limits of Slaughter by enjoining removals that hamstring agencies by denying them a quorum.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

The EAC has been without a quorum before.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

A lack of quorum in some weeks was a factor in the commission canceling roughly a third of its meetings last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Outside the pub, a small crowd was gathered around a quorum of very pissed-off-looking sheep farmers.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Both boards lost their quorums and could no longer act.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

Experts agree that while other independent agencies have gone without board quorums, none has faced the impending scenario of the merit board.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2019

They convened in caucus meetings and hallway quorums that became commiseration sessions.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016

Such occasions featuring legislative quorums outside the Capitol are rare but not unprecedented.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2014

The conversation was such which should be expected of Bishop's counselors, president of Elders' quorums, and class leaders in the Mutual, which these men were.

From Dorian by Nephi Anderson



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