Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for majored (in)
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Alison Wood Brooks, a behavioral research scientist and professor at Harvard Business School, has studied pre-performance anxiety and the science of communication.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026 -
Why Creatine Powder Still Leads on Research The science backing creatine powder is deeper, simply because it’s been studied for decades.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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But as Rudyka soon found out, the court proceedings were conducted separately for each child – with sometimes very different outcomes.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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In a particularly egregious reminder of just how widespread the problem has become, a United States district judge in Mississippi found out that lawyers from both sides of a recent case had used AI.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
11 June 2026
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The press’s founder, Nicola Beauman, dug up a copy some years ago, when researching British women writers from the nineteen-thirties.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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The tools were dug up from a sandstone layer within a present-day cornfield.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kelsey then ran down to the basement, and allegedly tried to flush hundreds of grams of multi-colored pills and other material down the toilet.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
6 Dec. 2025
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The Lionsgate deal ran down last year but that has not dimmed Forde’s ambition.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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In the video, neighbors can be heard angrily admonishing officers for killing the dog while the woman, identified as Marie Marseille, holds the animal, crying.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Hoiby watched the verdict via video link from prison but could not be seen or heard in the courtroom.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Health officials tested the Idaho man’s right kidney, which had not been donated, and detected a rabies variant linked to silver-haired bats.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Dec. 2025
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All of those chains were identified as locations where Instacart’s price experiments were detected nationally.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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University of Washington researchers discovered the tapeworm, which can cause a rare but potentially deadly disease in humans, in 37 out of 100 coyotes sampled near Puget Sound in Washington State.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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According to the park, an 11-year-old boy first discovered the tracks after a 1908 flood scoured the Paluxy Riverbed, exposing the limestone.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has been determined to avoid offsetting the costs on to taxpayers, and unsuccessfully called for FIFA to help share the cost burden, and Mamdani sympathizes with her position.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Investigators determined that Teahan had supplied Windham with the fentanyl that caused his death.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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“Majored (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majored%20%28in%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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