minor in
phrasal verb
minored in; minoring in; minors in
US
: to have (a specified second subject of study) in addition to a main subject
In college, she majored in chemistry and minored in biology.
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In May, the 21-year-old graduated early from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and justice studies and a minor in sociology, the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF) announced via press release.
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Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Lucy Marques is a rising senior at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in political science and Hispanic studies with a minor in media and journalism.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
Across the nation, student activists in the South, the Northeast and the Southwest continue to lobby for more courses and for majors or minors in the field.
—Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a minor in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration with all but five years suspended.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
Baytown police found the couple, the 15-year-old alleged victim and another minor in the car, the sheriff said, adding that the teenager was found with brutal injuries including burns to her upper body and gunshot wounds to her chest and face, per the outlets.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
The Williams Institute, an LGBTQ+ law center at the University of California Los Angeles, estimated that there are about 1,000 transgender minors in Idaho, and 1,500 trans people between the ages of 18 and 24.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
The inclusion of minors in the documentary and the ethical questions that raises about consent is part of what created disagreement amongst members of the screening committee, Mohr said.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
Wearing a sash bearing her academic achievements, including her minor in resistance to genocide, Tabassum beamed, and her entire class and some spectators stood to applaud her.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Lucy Marques is a rising senior at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in political science and Hispanic studies with a minor in media and journalism.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
Across the nation, student activists in the South, the Northeast and the Southwest continue to lobby for more courses and for majors or minors in the field.
—Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a minor in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration with all but five years suspended.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
Baytown police found the couple, the 15-year-old alleged victim and another minor in the car, the sheriff said, adding that the teenager was found with brutal injuries including burns to her upper body and gunshot wounds to her chest and face, per the outlets.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
The Williams Institute, an LGBTQ+ law center at the University of California Los Angeles, estimated that there are about 1,000 transgender minors in Idaho, and 1,500 trans people between the ages of 18 and 24.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
The inclusion of minors in the documentary and the ethical questions that raises about consent is part of what created disagreement amongst members of the screening committee, Mohr said.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
Wearing a sash bearing her academic achievements, including her minor in resistance to genocide, Tabassum beamed, and her entire class and some spectators stood to applaud her.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
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