in the minority
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: being of a number less than half the total
Opponents of the new law appear to be in the minority.
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In New York, mortgages can take years to foreclose because New York is in the minority of states that always require judicial proceedings to foreclose.
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Harris had defended the filibuster in 2017, but that was different because Democrats were in the minority then in both houses of Congress, and Republicans held the White House.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
In the last term, for example, Jackson was in the minority in 59% of the cases decided by a split 6-3 or 5-4 vote, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
There may be solutions down the road; a few AI data centers use 100 percent renewable energy for power and cooling, but those are still in the minority.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Harris had defended the filibuster in 2017, but that was different because Democrats were in the minority then in both houses of Congress, and Republicans held the White House.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
In the last term, for example, Jackson was in the minority in 59% of the cases decided by a split 6-3 or 5-4 vote, according to statistics compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake S. Truscott for the Empirical SCOTUS blog.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
There may be solutions down the road; a few AI data centers use 100 percent renewable energy for power and cooling, but those are still in the minority.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
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