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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a heavy majority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or overwhelming proportion of a group that supports a particular decision or opinion.
Example: "In the recent vote, a heavy majority of the members supported the new policy."
Alternatives: "a large majority" or "an overwhelming majority".
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The government lost by a heavy majority.
A plurality of voters — and a heavy majority of Republicans — thought the deficit had gone up.
An Edison/Mitofsky exit poll found that more than half of Oklahoma voters identified themselves as evangelical Christians and that a heavy majority of them had voted for Mr. McCain.
The case, Gill v. Whitford, dates back to 2011, when Wisconsin Republicans in control of the state legislature used voters political leanings to redraw district lines to lock in a heavy majority of seats.
Inspection and quantification, showed most Cux1+ neurons stuck in deeper layers in mutants, whereas in controls a heavy majority of neurons had already migrated to the most superficial layers.
We think this unlikely because our cell autonomous recombination studies where recombination is targeted to postmitotic neurons with Neurod1-Cre show that a heavy majority of cells did not migrate to the upper layers.
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The district has a heavy Republican majority and a history of electing Republicans; in 2008, Mr. Shadegg defeated his Democratic opponent by 12 percentage points.
Some teams will give a small portion to their season ticket holders as well, however the heavy majority of those tickets are given to organization personnel.
It was supposed to focus on dangerous felons, but the heavy majority of those it catches are noncriminals or minor offenders — more than 30 percent have no convictions for anything.
Marriage and Achievement The heavy majority of couples typically featured in the Sunday wedding announcements either attended elite universities, hold corporate management positions or have parents with corporate management positions.
There are at least 24 major issues that are supported by heavy majorities, which include Left-Right and Conservative-Liberal.
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