major (in)

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Verb
  • The point of trans lit is to find out what literature can do.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Apply to know if you're approved and find out your exact welcome offer amount – all with no credit score impact.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Witnesses saw the armed man run down the road toward Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • The 2023 crew, for instance, came back to win just 27 times and came back from multiple runs down just eight times.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The Psyche team is also coordinating its observations during the flyby with those of the Mars orbiters that are accustomed to studying the Red Planet all the time.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
  • Research money to study the only hantavirus transmitted from person to person — the same strain that broke out on the cruise ship — dried up.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Language access, cultural competency and workforce representation all play critical role in helping people feel respected, heard and supported throughout the healing journey.
    Maria Bledsoe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
  • The idea of a faraway place came up, which everybody has heard about but not been to yet.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Off a hunch, Mollick ran the story through Pangram, a program that detects AI writing with 99% accuracy.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • The system is designed to stay plugged into the wall outlet and pass power through to your appliances under normal conditions, switching to battery the instant an outage is detected.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • This time, the director was determined not to cut corners, to make a film as maximalist as his imagination.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • The choice is vast, yet experienced brokers are quick to point out that specifications alone rarely determine a successful charter.
    Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Taylor believed there was an objectively correct productivity level that could be ascertained as certainly as gravity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Given this, savvy bettors wait to place their wager until just before post time to better ascertain the final odds.
    Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Only instead of the latest concoction, certain discerning attendees—the ones who have, pointedly, graduated from the Aperol spritz—are ordering a defiantly retro alternative, one that is muddy brown and faintly medicinal.
    Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
  • The basement spa is a favorite among discerning locals, especially its facials.
    Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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