majored (in)

past tense of major (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for majored (in)
Verb
  • Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Officials have studied the possibility of future extensions, including along 39th Street and to the 18th and Vine historic district.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although Regretting You and New Year's Rev were filmed back-to-back, both stars found out about the gigs at different times.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lorch found out and called him.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The character was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, a real serial killer and grave robber from Wisconsin who dug up corpses and used their bones and skin to make everything from clothing to furniture and even silverware.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Lutnick dug up a 2015 interview when Duffy was critical of Trump to sink his chances of being picked.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Frank Vogel stood outside the Dallas Mavericks’ temporary locker room Wednesday night and recounted the shiver that recently ran down his spine.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Over the loudspeaker, the captain told the passengers that the Alpine Fault ran down the South Island, right beneath the Milford Sound.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This old bloke from the Tanami remembered the gold rush days, and probably heard stories about eating Chinamen.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rickettsia prowazekii, the bacterium responsible for typhus, was first detected in the teeth of Napoleon’s soldiers during a 2006 study, but the research was limited by the technology at that time.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lead was detected in both the boba pearls and the tea.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The finale has a final showdown at the Prendergrast house, where Jayson has discovered that Maeve has the bag of money hidden somewhere.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Speaking of noticing new things, rewatching the film all these years later, fans have discovered that Meredith Blake wasn't exactly the villain she was made out to be.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His cause of death has yet to be determined, and the incident remains under investigation by multiple local law enforcement agencies.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Those protocols, the officer added, required firing to be suspended until the root cause of the apparent misfire is determined.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Majored (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majored%20%28in%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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