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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The victim was a minor in about 17% of the city's 139 homicides so far this year, according to police.
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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Players typically make a fraction of their major league salary in the minor leagues, and Castillo was potentially facing another year of shuttling back and forth between the majors and minors in 2026.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
In addition to Gansah’s 2019 case, he was convicted of pimping a minor in 2022, and arrested on suspicion of pandering in 2023, in San Jose, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
James majored in math with a minor in American history and later earned a master’s degree in data science.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Players typically make a fraction of their major league salary in the minor leagues, and Castillo was potentially facing another year of shuttling back and forth between the majors and minors in 2026.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
In addition to Gansah’s 2019 case, he was convicted of pimping a minor in 2022, and arrested on suspicion of pandering in 2023, in San Jose, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
James majored in math with a minor in American history and later earned a master’s degree in data science.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Minor in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20in. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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