Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for majored (in)
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Yet, despite this thorough materialism, the survival of Lucretius’ poem depends entirely on two manuscripts copied out in the Carolingian period, and one of them was certainly at the royal court, where it was studied and annotated by the Irish scholar Dungal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Agents issued removal orders to 42 stores found out of compliance.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless Khalid’s reveling in the freedom he’s found out of the closet.—
Jeff Nelson,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Wisconsin farmer murdered two women, and dug up graves, stealing corpses and using body parts as decoration in his homemade house of horrors.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some old stories, like bodies in Wisconsin graves, really don’t need to be dug up.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over the loudspeaker, the captain told the passengers that the Alpine Fault ran down the South Island, right beneath the Milford Sound.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Kaden Feagin extended Illinois’ lead to 24-10 later in the third quarter when the 6-foot-3, 255-pound running back grabbed a short pass and ran down the Illini sideline to complete a 64-yard touchdown.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Well, very few female voices are heard in the Bible, particularly in the New Testament.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Just as importantly, communication must be two-way, with opportunities for listening sessions and surveys that allow families to provide input and to feel heard.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated for a time Friday night after a fire alarm and a gas smell were detected, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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Unlocking quantum gravity Gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Einstein, are typically detected at low frequencies by observatories like LIGO and Virgo, which listen for signals from events such as black hole collisions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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International researchers have just discovered a new ice form called ice XXI, which compresses water to extreme pressures while keeping it at room temperature.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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This statistical measure of heritability is notoriously difficult to interpret and limited in its import; twin studies, developed decades before the DNA molecule was discovered, also offered little insight into the biology of any particular trait.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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From Seattle to Baltimore, many Americans were celebrating Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, determined to see it as a triumph of perseverance over centuries marked by trauma.—
Terry Tang,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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His conviction was overturned in 2024 after an appeals court determined a juror had been improperly dismissed during deliberations.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Majored (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majored%20%28in%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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