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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Lupe spent her middle and high school years attending the Denver School of the Arts, pursuing a major in drama and minor in creative writing.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
According to her parents, Sullivan was majoring in business and hoping to become the first member of her family to graduate from college, The Tennessean previously reported in 2023.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Martin shares a chunk of screentime with Collette, who serves up a masterclass in chilling villainy as a school and community leader who majors in manipulation.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Mamdani majored in Africana studies and wrote his thesis on the post-colonial theorist Frantz Fanon and the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
According to her parents, Sullivan was majoring in business and hoping to become the first member of her family to graduate from college, The Tennessean previously reported in 2023.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Martin shares a chunk of screentime with Collette, who serves up a masterclass in chilling villainy as a school and community leader who majors in manipulation.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Mamdani majored in Africana studies and wrote his thesis on the post-colonial theorist Frantz Fanon and the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Major in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20in. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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