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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This fall, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will launch both an undergraduate concentration and an MBA major in AI for Business—the first top-tier business school to make AI a standalone field.
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Samantha Walravens, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Georgia Marcum, 21, is a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student majoring in biological engineering.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
Michaud, from Springboro, Ohio, was a biomedical sciences major in the College of Health Sciences, according to a letter sent to the Marquette community by University President Kimo Ah Yun.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as Will Tranter, a major in the British Army specializing in explosives, who is called in after an old World War II bomb is discovered underground at a London construction site.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Samantha Walravens, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Georgia Marcum, 21, is a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student majoring in biological engineering.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
Michaud, from Springboro, Ohio, was a biomedical sciences major in the College of Health Sciences, according to a letter sent to the Marquette community by University President Kimo Ah Yun.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as Will Tranter, a major in the British Army specializing in explosives, who is called in after an old World War II bomb is discovered underground at a London construction site.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Major in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20in. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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