major (in)

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Verb
  • Arvind Limited and Fashion for Good want to find out.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
  • When a 6-year-old boy hadn’t been to school in weeks, deputies went to his home for a welfare check and found out his mother had killed him during an exorcism, Florida authorities said.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Of course, temperatures below 32 degrees or a poor connection to the Arlo base station will run down the battery much more quickly.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • The last time the Olympic long hurdles champion ran down in distance was in May of 2024, with the New Jersey native clocking an impressive time of 12.71 in the women’s 100 meter hurdles at the Occidental Invitational in California.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Whether Trump truly studied Mayweather’s moves or simply mirrored them instinctively, the similarities are clear—and Lampley might be one of the only people to call it out this directly.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Moved by the clarity of her philosophy and relationship to nature, Chae went to study with her.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • Numbers don’t mean much if women or non-White soldiers don’t feel valued and heard.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
  • But then the government appealed, and a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in April.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Scientists in recent years have also detected new sites using laser mapping technology, revealing the interconnectivity of Mayan cities, towns and villages.
    Alysha Bibi, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Functional Bias: The failure of a technology to detect, mitigate, or prevent biased outputs or discriminatory patterns, either in its design, training data, decision logic, or deployment context, resulting in unjust treatment, exclusion, or systemic distortion of individuals or groups.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Cohen said this would help determine if vehicles had any missing parts before the tow, a seeming nod to the news organizations’ story about a DMV employee who the agency’s investigators found schemed with a towing company to undervalue vehicles and sell them for thousands in profit.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
  • Phone surveys, electronic health records and the Social Security Death Index were used to determine whether cardiac events or deaths from any cause had occurred up to one year after hospital discharge.
    American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Consumers who know how much tariffs have increased prices can ascertain whether price hikes exceed the amount of the tariffs.
    Jeff Sovern, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
  • The best indicator for quality versus price point can be ascertained from combing through reviews of consumers that have made the purchase before you.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • The odiferous hypocrisy of this administration is visible to everyone who has discerning eyes — or a sense of smell.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
  • But spectacle alone doesn’t captivate those with a discerning eye.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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