quorum
noun
the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
quorums
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pluralof quorum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both boards lost their quorums and could no longer act.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Experts agree that while other independent agencies have gone without board quorums, none has faced the impending scenario of the merit board.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2019
They convened in caucus meetings and hallway quorums that became commiseration sessions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
Such occasions featuring legislative quorums outside the Capitol are rare but not unprecedented.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
These quorums aggregate twenty-five men; and to their number may be added the Chief Patriarch of the Church, making a body of twenty-six general authorities—the Hierarchy.
From Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins
