MAJORING (IN) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

majoring (in)

verb

present participle of major (in)

as in searching (for)

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What was the difference between knowing abstractly and finding out that your grandfather's grandfather was enslaved?

— Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Social media reactions to the announcement suggest that some users are only now finding out that their data was being used for AI training.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of finding out

Verb

Ron stops and stares ahead, dumbfounded, with a man’s shirt in his hand and blood running down his face.

— Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Fittingly, the style comes in three colorways including Zebra Soapstone, a tan take on the trendy animal print, and Gilded Umber, a rich, chocolate brown adorned with gold-tone grommets running down each outer seam.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of running down

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Construction on the pipeline could mean members of the community must make the decision between digging up their ancestors to preserve their graves or having the graves destroyed in the construction.

— Madeline Luebkert, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
By comparison, digging up and repaving a road requires 12 to 14 workers and covers only about a mile a day.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of digging up

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Traditional approaches to studying cause-and-effect relationships are often not possible when investigating populations and ecosystems, which are large, complex and messy.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Researchers continue studying why certain Roman concrete structures have endured seawater and weathering so effectively.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of studying

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Only 7% cover accommodations for mobility limitation, hearing disability, vision impairment and sensory disabilities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The district court judge hearing the case disagreed and ordered that the government had to continue funding legal services.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

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