Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for majoring (in)
Verb
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My impression was several of my colleagues were amused by this mystery and a bit invested in finding out the outcome.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Katelynn had only selected a few pairs of baby clothes and shoes after finding out the baby’s gender.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Grammy Award-winning artist styled a black suited moment, featuring a pair of tapered trousers and an oversized single-breasted black jacket with three buttons running down the front placket of the garment.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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After securing the ball, Mukuba took off running down the sideline.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Not for digging up father, not for going anywhere at all.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Water your hosta before digging up the entire clump.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To create the new surface—which the FDA categorizes differently from other breast implants on the market—Motiva partnered with scientists studying nanotechnology’s role in breast implant surface design at the University of Manchester in England.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Acting was a career shift for Tillman, who was a pre-med student in college studying to be an orthopedic surgeon.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Adopting that Ontario town seemed like a believable cover story and worked most of the time — except when a fellow American called her out after hearing her accent.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Jacobs said supervisors were left in the dark, only hearing that their employees’ accommodations had been terminated from the employees themselves.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Majoring (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majoring%20%28in%29. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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