How to Use minority in a Sentence

minority

noun
  • The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.
  • The Republicans are now the minority in the Senate.
  • The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.
  • So, government in these places doesn’t give it to minorities.
    — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But to be clear, this is a minority of companies that have tried it out.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2022
  • As a rule, vultures like Spain are a part of the loud minority.
    — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • In the Delta, too, a white minority has held most of the wealth and farmland.
    — Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • To try and deport anybody from here, let alone any minority, doesn’t make sense.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
  • White men get away with way more than women or Black people or any minority.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Imagine the uproar if this were done to any other minority or group.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ship immigrants back to their countries and go back to slavery times for minorities.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
  • The picture for minority shareholders may be about to get even worse.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • For a small minority, their truth is always going to be born of spite and privilege.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • We are bound by ties of faith as a small minority in a mostly Christian part of the country.
    — Lindsay Baach Friedmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
  • These advocates are a minority in a country that has largely soured on its regime.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
  • Sprague was quick to point out that those bad actors were the extremely small minority, even if there’s still no place for it.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the contest to find a new British prime minister, white men are in the minority.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 18 July 2022
  • Like some other suburbs at the time, restrictive covenants kept minorities out.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
  • The minority hires among those 10?
    — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Safe Spaces are locations not seen as a threat or a challenge to minorities.
    — Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Chile’s Capicua Films has joined as a minority partner.
    — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • So, why not make a movie for the majority instead of the minority?
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The issue of minority gun ownership has long been fraught.
    — Grace Byron, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • How many years until white people would become a minority?
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The bigots and the racists have always been the minority in our society.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2022
  • That being said, being a minority and female cofounders, the odds are stacked against us.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 3 July 2022
  • Most of those years were in the Senate, including a term as minority whip.
    — CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Ties have plunged to their lowest point since the end of apartheid, or white minority rule, in 1994.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Ties have plunged to their lowest point since the end of apartheid, or white minority rule, in 1994.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
  • At least 15% of the development costs must go to firms owned by women or minorities.
    — Wire Services, Dallas News, 17 May 2023

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