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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a majority of half" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express that more than half of a given quantity is being referred to, often in discussions about voting or decision-making.
Example: "In the committee meeting, a majority of half the members voted in favor of the new policy."
Alternatives: "more than half" or "a greater part of half".
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The outcome of the negotiations will be enshrined in a regulation an an accompanying inter-institutional agreement to which Parliament will have to give its consent by a majority of half of its constituent members plus one.
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Having been in two hung parliaments and another with a majority of one, half of my 22 years as an MP were spent around governments who did not have a convincing majority.
If it cannot, the president has a chance to make a second nomination who, this time, needs only a simple majority of half the Sejm.
Now that those feelings are shared by a majority of voters, their half controls the machinery of government.
That is because seven out of 10 Americans support Roe v Wade, and a majority of voters, including half of Trump supporters, agree that Planned Parenthood shouldn't be defunded.
A majority of Democrats and half of all independents said they did not consider that Mr. Bush had legitimately won the White House.
HFO appears to be effective for a majority of patients, but half of them required NIV too.
While Glendale controlled the midfield for a majority of the first half, forcing CdM to switch from a 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-2, the Sea Kings settled in.
A majority of adults and half of elites said they look at advertisements in print editions of newspapers frequently and that at least sometimes these advertisements influence their decision to purchase a good.
But Mr. Saakashvili's party may retain a majority of parliamentary seats because half the seats are allocated in individual races, rather than by overall party vote.
A week after the Commons voted by a majority of 31, less than half Labour's May 5 majority, to give the bill another chance, the standing committee which will review it clause by clause met for the first time.
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