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The phrase "a majority of nearly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant portion or percentage of a group or quantity that is close to a certain number or threshold.
Example: "In the recent survey, a majority of nearly 75% of participants expressed their satisfaction with the service."
Alternatives: "almost all of" or "nearly all of".
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Last December, Modi's party was reëlected in Gujarat with a majority of nearly seventy per cent….
At the last general election he polled 25,156 votes, giving him a majority of nearly 18,000.
We regained the seat with a majority of nearly 12,000 and doubled that figure this year, earning 61% of the vote.
The Tories won the seat in 2010 with a majority of nearly 8,000 over Labour, securing 22,043 votes, nearly half of those cast.
He won the Kent constituency of Rochester and Strood for the Tories with a majority of nearly 10,000 at the last election.
The former MP appears to have made the right decision; his former seat, where he had a majority of nearly 9,000 in 2005, fell to the Conservatives with an 8.8% swing.
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A majority of the nearly two hundred people arrested were Poles.
Mr. Gore won a majority of the nearly 104 million votes cast nationwide.
A majority of the nearly 3,000 cases recorded nationwide this season were classified as mild, with symptoms like fatigue, fever and headaches.
Presumably, a majority of the nearly 11 million total viewers watched a public service announcement that was shown twice during TNT's broadcast between the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls.
A majority of Texas' nearly 11,000 players are from the Dallas area, where the Stars landed in 1993, fueling the construction of several ice rinks, six built by the club itself.
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