On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Majority. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as minority or bulk and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Majority in a sentence
Majority meaning
- More than half (50%) of some group.
- In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
- Legal adulthood, age of majority.
Example sentences (20)
He’s had this hideous possible majority in the United States Senate and only a very small majority in the House.
We all know that loud voices can sometimes sound like the majority opinion, but often that majority is a mirage.
Even though the new government lacks a majority, there’s still a majority on the left-center side of Norwegian politics.
A majority of MPs supported her plans, with 330 MPs voting in favour to 275 against - giving a majority of 55.
So going forwards the majority the vast majority of that £250 million relates to the online program management business.
Black women take the majority in W-S city council leadershipBlack women take the majority in W-S city council leadership.
Even though Plante’s Projet Montréal has a majority in council, the motion failed to get the required two-thirds majority.
Muslim-majority Azerbaijan also continues to control areas internationally recognised as part of Christian-majority Armenia.
When the majority is not clear, the governor might call for a special session to see who has the majority.
Decisions will be made by consensus or where necessary a special majority of 10% more votes than that of the majority party.
But if they majority is right simply because they are the majority, how does any real truth every make its way to the surface?
Democrats need to pick up about two dozen seats to flip the majority in the House, and three to have a majority in the Senate.
And so, whether Trump or Biden prevails, the resultant majority will be unstable, barely deserving the title "majority" at all.
Asked whether Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) winning 38 seats reflected a convincing majority, Ibrahim said: “It’s still a majority.
Look, the simple answer is that we are a majority shareholder, like any other majority shareholder.
The House currently has a 46-19 Democratic majority and the Senate has a 23-12 Democratic majority.
The GOP also has a 12-seat majority in the state Senate and a 20-seat majority in the state House.
If you plan on doing the majority of your shopping online and not in-store this year, then you’re likely a part of the new majority.
Clinton won the majority of pledged delegates in 2016, as well as the majority of superdelegates.
If you're wondering how bad the day was for Boris Johnson, he went from having a majority of one to now being 43 short of a majority.
Phrases with majority
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Common combinations with majority
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- majority of 114×
- the majority 74×
- majority in 41×
- two-thirds majority 17×
- simple majority 15×
- vast majority 11×
- absolute majority 10×
- majority to 10×
- majority vote 10×
- majority leader 9×
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