How to Use minority in a Sentence

minority

noun
  • The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.
  • The Republicans are now the minority in the Senate.
  • The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.
  • In the contest to find a new British prime minister, white men are in the minority.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 18 July 2022
  • But to be clear, this is a minority of companies that have tried it out.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But the news applied only to a minority of the Rafaelo Afghans.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • With the upgrade, Shaw moved into the bullish minority on Wall Street.
    — Alex Harring,fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The bigots and the racists have always been the minority in our society.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2022
  • As a Tigrayan, Amare was an ethnic minority in the region.
    — Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Only a minority of the birds have mastered this process.
    — Marlene Zuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The non-profit will still own a minority stake in the new for-profit version of the company.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • At least 15% of the development costs must go to firms owned by women or minorities.
    — Wire Services, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • The suit also says that as a white student, Newman belonged to the racial minority at Howard.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • So, why not make a movie for the majority instead of the minority?
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Scott Walker, lost his seat on the court in 2020 to Jill Karofsky, a member of the court's liberal minority.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Half the board is appointed by the House speaker and half by the minority party leader.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
  • To satisfy the law, both seats need to be filled by women, one of them needs to be a minority and one needs to be a Republican.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023
  • Ship immigrants back to their countries and go back to slavery times for minorities.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
  • Safe Spaces are locations not seen as a threat or a challenge to minorities.
    — Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • At the time, sizable minority of traders thought that the Fed might slow its pace of rate increases come September.
    — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Plotkin has been a minority stakeholder in the Hornets since 2019.
    — Steve Reed and Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • That being said, being a minority and female cofounders, the odds are stacked against us.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 3 July 2022
  • For a small minority, their truth is always going to be born of spite and privilege.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Now, Dundee is increasing its share to 74.2% and UMG will hold the remaining minority share.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The share of voters who believe the nation is on the right track remains a dismal and diminutive minority at 24 percent.
    — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Taft spoke for the majority, Holmes and Brandeis for the minority.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • His positive tests puts him among the minority of those prescribed the drug to experience a rebound case of the virus.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • His positive tests puts him among the minority of those prescribed the drug to experience a rebound case of the virus.
    — Zeke Miller and Josh Boak, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2022
  • Sectarian violence has hit Syria several times since the ouster of Mr. al-Assad, stoking fears among many minority groups that the country’s new leaders will marginalize or target them.
    — Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The massacres spurred a wave of global opprobrium, with the U.S., Europe and other world powers demanding guarantees that minorities’ rights would be preserved before far-reaching sanctions on the country can be lifted.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025

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