slight majority

collocation in English

meaningsofslightandmajority

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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(Definition ofslightandmajorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslight majority

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Aslightmajorityof individuals (52.9%) carried no pollen.
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In the other case, aslightmajoritysaid that option 4 is permissible.
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Aslightmajorityof teachers (52.8%) are in favour of employing foreign teachers.
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Aslightmajority(59%) reported feeling at least some amount of empowerment under the present system of electoral democracy.
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Aslightmajorityof the trustees were member nominated trustees and had been trustees for more than five years.
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To my surprise, aslightmajorityof all ranks were willing to accept such independent investigation.
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But aslightmajority, nevertheless a majority, of rent assessment committees reduce rents rather than increase them.
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But that seems to be the pattern: that women whose marriages have been dissolved appear, in aslightmajorityof cases, to re-marry.
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Parliament has rejected this by aslightmajority.
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There was aslightmajority.
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The local authority associations will have ten members on each council, whom they will appoint themselves, but the professional and educational interests together will have aslightmajority.
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I have in mind public opinion generally—the general feeling about it—which was more or less balanced, although there was possibly aslightmajorityin favour of our joining the euro.
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The public broadcaster referendum, 2005 was approved by aslightmajorityof voters, but the referendum saw a very low turnout.
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Black and white artists were included, and aslightmajorityof listeners were female.
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In the overall population, aslightmajorityof melanomas do "not" form in an existing mole, but rather create a new growth on the skin.
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Aslightmajorityof professors ranked among the top 15% of wage earners, in 2005.
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Aslightmajorityof the audience opposed the motion, 54% before and 52% after.
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In "castle" and "fasten", the was pronounced, according to aslightmajorityof 16th and 17th century sources.
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Most species are tropical in distribution, and aslightmajorityare found only in forests.
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He could win with aslightmajorityof 4,550.
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