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  • noun Plural form of majority.

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Examples

  • The difference between 59 and 52 vote majorities is largely immaterial, especially when the Senate is shedding people who often voted with the opposition.

    Matthew Yglesias » Evan Bayh to Retire 2010

  • The key is to constrain majorities thru counterbalancing sources of power.

    Terry Newell: The Darkeing of the American Mind? Terry Newell 2010

  • Look at what your “wants” produced for 8 years prior to Obama, you jackholes … … … Win majorities in both Houses and the Presidency, then let everyone know; until that time, keep your stupid pieholes shut … …

    Think Progress » Will: What conservatives truly want are activist judges. 2010

  • A similar ploy (expiration after 2012 unless re-ratified) helped the new Best Graphic Story category gain majorities in its favor last year and this.

    Science Fiction 2010

  • Activism by the radical left has caused this polarity, and activism by heretofore too silent majorities is going to have to be the rule.

    Matthew Yglesias » Former Bush Officials Refusing to Endorse Policies They Support Out of Pique 2010

  • I think the Democrats are going to help their Republican brethren out, unless President-Elect Obama can beat it out of them, Dems (especially in majorities) are HOPELESS at getting things done.

    The Shape of Things to Come? 2008

  • I think the Democrats are going to help their Republican brethren out, unless President-Elect Obama can beat it out of them, Dems (especially in majorities) are HOPELESS at getting things done.

    The Shape of Things to Come? 2008

  • Knowing as we do how lucrative being an MP can be, even if it means having to jettison any personal honour one may have, it is unsurprising that ‘LibDem’ MPs with wafer thin majorities should be having a fit of the vapours at the thought of being confronted by something truly democratic (Let the People Have Their Say!) as opposed to their ersatz version of democracy (‘Do as you are told!’).

    Lib 'Dems' Squirm On The Hook 2008

  • Republicans, even in this volatile, new-normal-double-digit-jobless rate environment want long term majorities, solidified by a larger majority in the House and eventual control of the other two levers.

    Charles D. Ellison: Dried Up, Michael Steele's Last Stand Charles D. Ellison 2010

  • Republicans, even in this volatile, new-normal-double-digit-jobless rate environment want long term majorities, solidified by a larger majority in the House and eventual control of the other two levers.

    Charles D. Ellison: Dried Up, Michael Steele's Last Stand Charles D. Ellison 2010

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