minor in

phrasal verb

minored in; minoring in; minors in

: 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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Wexner emailed Epstein on June 26, 2008, after a plea deal was announced that would require him to serve 18 months in a Florida jail on a state charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor in order to avoid federal prosecution. —

Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026 Luckily Fleming, a theater graduate who was also one credit shy of a minor in dance, has an arsenal of tools at his disposal to achieve this clarity. —

John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026 This was the second shooting by a minor in metro Atlanta on Wednesday. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026 Wexner emailed Epstein on June 26, 2008, after a plea deal was announced that would require him to serve 18 months in a Florida jail on a state charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor in order to avoid federal prosecution. —

Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minor in