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The phrase "among large segments of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a significant portion of a group or population in discussions or analyses.
Example: "The new policy has gained support among large segments of the community, indicating a shift in public opinion."
Alternatives: "within significant portions of" or "among substantial groups of".
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To the Editor: I believe that a carbon tax would generate support among large segments of the public.
Public investment in human capital creates a sense of equality in opportunity among large segments of the population, which in turn has a positive effect on social capital.
Anybody who has visited Britain and Europe, or followed the public conversation there during the past five months, will have been struck, even shocked, by the depth of anti-American feeling among large segments of the population.
Over the following years, the Zapatistas found sympathy among large segments of the Mexican populace even as the government attempted to extinguish the rebellion with a mixture of military offensives and negotiations.
Beginning in the 1980s, however, the party endorsed neoliberal economic policies that called for economic deregulation and the privatization of many state-owned ventures, policies that were deeply unpopular among large segments of the Venezuelan population.
"Intimate relations between Jews and non-Jews and certainly the open option of institutionalising them through marriage and establishing a family – even if that doesn't come about in the story – are grasped among large segments of the society as a threat to the distinct identity," she wrote.
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Even as the suffrage was broadly extended among adult white males, it continued to exclude large segments of the adult population, such as women, slaves, many freed blacks, and Native Americans.
According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population".
According to Pew research, among others, there is a great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population".
Diseases of neuropsychiatric origin afflict large segments of the population.
Life expectancy is falling for large segments of our population.
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