quorum
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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
Roughly 700 bacterial species live there, and many exchange chemical messages through a process called quorum sensing.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Mongolia's President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh moved on Monday to block his dismissal, arguing that parliament did not have a quorum when it began its session to vote on Zandanshatar's removal.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
An August referendum on restarting the reactor, held just three months after it closed, failed to attract a quorum, though the yes votes outweighed the noes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
The remainder just sat there, reminding everyone how far short we had fallen of the 10 percent of the membership— about seventy people—required for a quorum.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing quorum
The Constitution of the United States
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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