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Recent Examples of Synonyms for majoring (in)
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Since finding out the gun that killed Dark Hearts member Warren Clarke (Joshua Dye) at the trap house robbery gone wrong once belonged to one of their own, Perry has been on a mission to figure out who inside the biker gang was feeding information to the thieves.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Barry Bostwick, 80, who played Brad Majors opposite Sarandon's Janet Weiss, recalls finding out.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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On that snap to Herbert, the play-clock was running down, Bonitto recalled.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Chairman David Moores came in with tears running down his cheeks.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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The wire makes digging up the bulbs more difficult, but allows the foliage to easily grow through the wire holes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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Saved by Geometry In the early 2000s, Alexander Postnikov, a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was studying a geometric object known as the positive Grassmannian.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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By studying lake sediments, soil layers, and nearby landforms, researchers determined the ancient lake’s size and shape and how the climate changed.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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Anna Faris and Regina Hall are scaring up a reunion.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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The genre doesn’t usually travel well, but Weapons is an exception, scaring up strong results in normally horror-resistant markets in Europe and Latin America.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Aug. 2025
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One student whose desk is near the wall, asked to be moved after hearing about Sanford's pickup truck crashing into the church itself.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Staff also report hearing phantom singing in the visitors' area and a mysterious spirit rearranging the coins in the gift shop register.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Majoring (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majoring%20%28in%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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