Example sentences for: majorities

How can you use “majorities” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • You point out quite correctly that at the very top levels the resentment is very muted and hardly visible (see the huge majorities of students in elite colleges who say diversity is a good thing and we should have more, in the Bowen and Bok book, The Shape of the River ).

  • What happened in the Senate, the papers report, is that in successive votes to force floor consideration of two campaign reform measures--one simply a ban of the unregulated campaign use of donations made to the national political parties ("soft money"), the other a broader bill that also would have tightened rules about "issue ads" that actually function in support of particular candidates--the pro forces achieved slim majorities, but fell short of the 60 votes required to cut off a filibuster against the measures.

  • I am still concerned about the risk of setting a precedent for opposition majorities in Congress to remove presidents for purely political reasons.

  • Though Saddam Hussein was widely detested, many Saudis are sympathetic to the anti-U.S. insurgents in Iraq, although majorities also condemn jihadist attacks in the Kingdom.

  • (Oregon voters have approved the suicide measure twice, with majorities of 51 percent and 60 percent.)


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