the great majority of

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: most : almost all
He is supported by the great majority of voters.

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The number of active members in the United States is in the low hundreds, and clearly the great majority of Venezuelans here are not members. Ernesto Castañeda, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025 Over his career, Engel executive produced more than a thousand episodes of television, the great majority of them over his long partnership with NBC. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025 For the great majority of people, the geopolitical debate remains one between elites, and so far, does not impact their everyday lives. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 This is partly due to the fact that not enough has been done over the years to communicate the gains of globalization to the great majority of people. Amrita Narlikar, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for the great majority of

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