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Today, the great majority of Jews live in just two countries in the world: Israel (41%) and the United States (41%).
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Todd Pittinsky, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024
Traditionally, the great majority of revenue for U.S. news organizations came from advertising.
—Chris Duffy, Twin Cities, 13 June 2024
Nuclear power in the United States has been rendered terminally expensive, yet its technology is essentially the same as the great majority of the 450 nuclear power reactors operating worldwide.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
The federal government is paralyzed by far-right and far-left politicians and their followers who stand screaming epitaphs at each other, while the great majority of Americans in the middle are too cowed to tell them to sit down and shut up so more reasonable people can get something done.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2024
In an email to the Miami Herald, Stub Hub said the great majority of sellers for Swift’s Eras Tour, about 83%, were first-time sellers.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
The palms had made up the great majority of Rapa Nui’s tree cover, some 16 million trees that blanketed about 70 percent of the island.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The foundation loaned out the great majority of the vehicles featured in the exhibition.
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
That would have torched everyone’s equity and for a lot of our employees that’s the great majority of their wealth.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
Todd Pittinsky, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024
Traditionally, the great majority of revenue for U.S. news organizations came from advertising.
—Chris Duffy, Twin Cities, 13 June 2024
Nuclear power in the United States has been rendered terminally expensive, yet its technology is essentially the same as the great majority of the 450 nuclear power reactors operating worldwide.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
The federal government is paralyzed by far-right and far-left politicians and their followers who stand screaming epitaphs at each other, while the great majority of Americans in the middle are too cowed to tell them to sit down and shut up so more reasonable people can get something done.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2024
In an email to the Miami Herald, Stub Hub said the great majority of sellers for Swift’s Eras Tour, about 83%, were first-time sellers.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
The palms had made up the great majority of Rapa Nui’s tree cover, some 16 million trees that blanketed about 70 percent of the island.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The foundation loaned out the great majority of the vehicles featured in the exhibition.
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
That would have torched everyone’s equity and for a lot of our employees that’s the great majority of their wealth.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
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