major in
phrasal verb
majored in; majoring in; majors in
US, of a college or university student
: to have (a specified subject) as one's main subject of study
plans to major in history
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Yanai enrolled at Waseda University, in Tokyo, majoring in economics and politics, but student protests cancelled classes for more than a year.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
More in-person industries requiring human interaction—like healthcare, and even real estate—might be a safer route for success than majoring in consulting or engineering.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Michaud, a native of Springboro, Ohio, was a biomedical sciences major in the College of Health Sciences.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
More in-person industries requiring human interaction—like healthcare, and even real estate—might be a safer route for success than majoring in consulting or engineering.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Michaud, a native of Springboro, Ohio, was a biomedical sciences major in the College of Health Sciences.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Major in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20in. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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