How to Use supermajority in a Sentence

supermajority

noun
  • Democrats have held a supermajority in both chambers for the past four years.
    — oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But the matter most likely has the five-vote supermajority to pass.
    — al, 29 June 2020
  • The plan needed a five-vote supermajority to pass, as is the case is most non-budgetary issues.
    — al, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The goal of my campaign was to sync our politics back up with that supermajority.
    — Danielle Allen, WSJ, 6 May 2022
  • The bump stocks case marked the latest gun case to come before the high court, which is controlled by a right-wing supermajority.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • This supermajority is needed to end debate on bill and proceed to a vote on the measure.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2022
  • One unknown is whether the law requires a supermajority vote on the council, which could require five out of six votes.
    — al, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The vote took place under a process that required a supermajority for approval.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The kind of Supreme Court supermajority that could take down Roe.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • And that will require a two-thirds vote of each house — a high hurdle even though Democrats hold supermajority control.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And this is in a state with a supermajority of Democrats in control of all the branches of government.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Both measures failed to get the 60% supermajority vote needed to pass.
    — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Per state law, a 60 percent supermajority was required for the amendment to pass.
    — Joanne Haner, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Any such firing would require a supermajority, or eight out of 10 board members.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The bill complicates the school board election process, Randolph said, and the supermajority shouldn’t push the bill through.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • An activist wins one ordinary vote to strip out the supermajority rule, then a second ordinary vote to gut the mission.
    — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The second vote determines whether non-union workers need to pay dues, and that needs a supermajority, 75%, to pass.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • With a supermajority, the hacker was able to have the Beanstalk tokens transferred to their own crypto wallet.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • That could create an impasse from the get-go with supermajority Democrats, who have pledged to deliver the climate change bill this year.
    — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The Assembly would then need a supermajority of at least 8 votes to override the veto.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • And Democrats have held a legislative supermajority for nearly a decade.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • To break the Republican supermajority, Democrats would have to pick up at least eight seats in the House.
    — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Musk has supermajority voting rights, with more than 80% control.
    — Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • Most bills need a supermajority of 60 votes in the Senate to reach the floor for a vote and ultimately pass the chamber.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Climate advocates are planning new efforts to make use of this supermajority.
    — John D. Sutter, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Per state law, the tax increases required a supermajority vote — or at least four of the five commissioners voting in favor.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The law requires a seven-eighths supermajority of the Legislature to pass any amendments to the law.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But this is the first time since the Roe decision that conservatives have a 6 to 3 supermajority on the court.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021

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