Collocations for "majority"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "majority" in context.
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majority
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a large, an overwhelming, a seventy-percent] majority
- the majority of the [students, parents, workers, teachers]
- the majority of the [voters, electorate, population]
- [hold, have] a majority in [Congress, Parliament]
- need [150] votes for a majority
- [two] more seats will give them a majority
- won the [vote, election] by a majority
- [got, obtained, received] the majority of votes
- needs a majority for [approval, implementation]
- requires a majority to [govern, lead, proceed, prevail]
- [rule, govern, lead] by majority
- seeking to [reduce, chip away at, lessen] the party's majority
- as [thought, believed, seen] by the majority (of people)
- the vast majority would [say, think, expect]
- that's (not) true for the majority of people
- won on a majority [vote, decision]
- a government of majority rule
- has a majority [stake, holding, interest] (in)
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