Sentences with phrase «used in a majority»

Voters have made marijuana legal for medical use in a majority of U.S. states and for recreational use in seven states and the District of Columbia.

We strongly advise that the thicker thread — which is currently used in the majority of procedures — only be used in a research setting whilst we thoroughly investigate the risks this may hold.»

While PBMC DNA was used in the majority of specimens, 1 ug whole blood DNA was also used in testing 19 CFS cases.

That's also one of the reasons why EGCG is used in the majority of fat - burning supplements which help boost the metabolism and give a little extra edge when it comes to losing the extra fat faster.

You see, the form of vitamin C used in the majority of products, ascorbic acid, is highly unstable, which means that it quickly oxidizes when it's exposed to air.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS) / Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLES): Used in the majority of shampoo and foaming products.

There are blazing hot reds, oranges, and browns used in the majority of the day scenes that literally make you feel hot watching the movie, but shifts to deep blues and grays during the night scenes.

Lesson study is used in the majority of elementary schools and middle schools in Japan but is rare in high schools (Yoshida, 2002).

One of the hottest tickets was a session led by Charlotte Danielson, the architect of a teacher - evaluation model being used in a majority of New Jersey school districts as part of the state's new tenure - reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performance.

CBL is in use in the majority of California counties, and has been part of the curriculum for more than 185,000 students throughout the United States.

A press release claims the car is powered by an AMG twin - turbocharged V - 8 — likely the 5.5 - liter used in the majority of AMG 63 - series models — that provides 577 hp and 590 lb - ft of torque.

This is a type of leather that sits between the most common Pigmented Leather (the most durable and used in the majority cars) and Aniline leather which is the most natural looking leather with the unique surface characteristics of the hide remaining visible.

E Ink Corporation, the company that supplies the epaper screens used in the majority of dedicated ebook readers, issued a press release today announcing their new display technology called Pearl.

«Our FICO Scores are used in the majority of U.S. credit decisions, by nearly all of the major banks, credit card organizations, mortgage lenders and auto loan originators.»

FICO ® Auto Scores are the industry - specific scores used in the majority of auto - financing credit evaluations.

You'll likely want to know your FICO ® Auto Scores, the industry specific scores used in the majority of auto financing - related credit evaluations.

Interceptor / Sentinel (which we use in the majority of our patients), Heartgard 30, and Revolution.

The American pit bull terriers used in the majority of these fights have been specifically bred and trained for fighting and are unrelenting in their attempts to overcome their opponents.

It refers to the four inks used in the majority of colour printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black).

Complete mix and mixed plug flow designs were used in the majority of anaerobic digesters at livestock farms in 2016.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) trains its employees to testify in court that the DataMaster DMT (used in the majority of DWI arrests in Minnesota) is designed to give drivers the «benefit of the doubt.»

While electronic signatures are not used in a majority of contracts, their usage will inevitably rise as we enter an increasingly digital world.

These technologies might not replace the traditional contracts used in the majority of commercial relationships.

It's the same chip used in the majority of flagship phones from late 2013, and naturally, performance on the phone is excellent.

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The visible failure of the war on drugs, combined with a generational tipping point in attitudes, has poll after poll showing a majority of adults favouring the legalization or at least decriminalization of recreational cannabis use.

The vast majority of that non-cash activity is composed of credit and debit cards, and tap - to - pay cards and point of sale (POS) terminals are already in widespread use in Canada.

The majority of study participants reported that it's all good, fine and kosher with them (well, technically «generally OK») to use a cell phone when walking down the street, riding public transit and waiting in line.

Now, with a majority interest in Skype slated to be sold to a collection of private investors, they're using their stake in Joltid to try to block the sale and recover millions of dollars in what they say are lost profits.

Such groups have used the word «blessed» to describe the ban for reigniting anti-U.S. sentiment in Muslim - majority countries.

The large majority of the more than 300 Google employees working on Glass are focusing on its uses for consumers, not its applications in the workplace, the Journal says.

It also believes that 2016 was the crossover point after which the majority of robots will be used in non-industrial applications.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Attorney General Sessions said that marijuana sale and use is still against federal law and said he does not think that cannabis is something that should be legalized, despite the fact that more than half of all states have some form of a regulated market already in place and the majority of Americans agree that marijuana prohibition should end.

North Carolina Republicans have used the current districts to achieve veto - proof majorities in both chambers.

But fossil fuels still account for the majority of both electricity use and primary energy use overall, and at no time in the near future will that change.

The challenge claimed that a majority of shareholders did not support the authorization, at the 2013 annual meeting, of an increase in the number of shares used to reward Souki and other executives; the very increase that made Souki the highest paid CEO in America (he received 6.3 million shares in February 2013).

As The Information notes, Kalanick and two people close to him control a majority of shareholder votes, an approach that has become frequently used in tech startups.

It might seem odd to have a family dynasty at the helm of one of the world's most powerful media organizations, but such an arrangement — in which the Sulzbergers control the majority of the voting shares — used to be the rule in media rather than the exception.

Gartner reports that the majority of American web surfers will be using mobile devices by 2017 (right now it's in the 40 - something percent).

«The majority of private companies can accomplish most or all of their important goals by forgoing options entirely and instead making use of a phantom - stock technique,» says Jim Scannella, a principal in Arthur Andersen's human - capital - services group.

Last year, Microsoft Ventures chief Nagraj Kashyap told VentureBeat that the overwhelming majority of startups the company invests in are using clouds that compete with Azure at the time of the deal, and the tech titan doesn't force a change.

T - Mobile, which is majority owned by German carrier Deutsche Telekom, said in the past when it offered a choice to let customers turn off the lower - resolution video while using more of their data allowances, 99 % opted to stick with the lower quality.

I'm really interested in how art can be used to express compassion for those in need, and... if you go to the portrait gallery and you go around and it's normally the elite and the wealthy but also majority Western and white and men normally.

Taiwanese giant HTC bought a majority stake in the venture for $ 309 million in 2011 (Beats bought back half of HTC's investment in 2012 and now owns the controlling stake) and Adams used a portion of his proceeds as seed capital for the i.am +.

Republicans want to use a procedure known as budget reconciliation to pass eventual tax legislation, which allows passage with a simple majority in the 100 - seat Senate.

While the vast majority of professionals would never access a business account from something other than their own (or company's) devices, that doesn't mean a misplaced or stolen smartphone or laptop couldn't be used to access your organization's page, or that someone wouldn't try to hack their way in.

In a sign of the continuing shift in attitudes about legal marijuana, a new survey finds that a majority of police officers now favor allowing the use of medical marijuanIn a sign of the continuing shift in attitudes about legal marijuana, a new survey finds that a majority of police officers now favor allowing the use of medical marijuanin attitudes about legal marijuana, a new survey finds that a majority of police officers now favor allowing the use of medical marijuana.

It may not sound like a big deal if you're used to being in the majority but it was enough to drive many qualified engineers to quit.»

Surgical robots are used in hernia repair, bariatric surgery, hysterectomies and the vast majority of prostate removals in the United States, according to Intuitive Surgical data.

For instance, the majority (about 60 percent) of those in this part of industry used their own funds to invest in their business in Southern and Eastern Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

By the early 20th century, bandwagons were commonplace in political campaigns, and «jump on the bandwagon» had become a derogatory term used to describe the social phenomenon of wanting to be part of the majority even when it means going against one's principles or beliefs.