in the majority
idiom
: being of a number greater than half the total
Supporters of the new law appear to be in the majority.
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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberals in the majority.
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arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The five justices in the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and the high court's three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
But a handful of federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which heard Ames, apply a different rule to plaintiffs in the majority.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The budget reconciliation process The budget reconciliation process is a tool used sparingly to work around the 60-vote threshold needed to pass most legislation in the Senate, allowing the party in the majority to approve legislation without support from the minority.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The five justices in the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and the high court's three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
But a handful of federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which heard Ames, apply a different rule to plaintiffs in the majority.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The budget reconciliation process The budget reconciliation process is a tool used sparingly to work around the 60-vote threshold needed to pass most legislation in the Senate, allowing the party in the majority to approve legislation without support from the minority.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
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“In the majority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20majority. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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