major in
phrasal verb
majored in; majoring in; majors in
US, of a college or university student
: to have (a specified subject) as one's main subject of study
plans to major in history
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Hence Studio Nicholson trousers majored in my Northern Soul homage fashion story shot in Dalston’s VFD nightclub back in Spring (along with other essential 2024 style elements).
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Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
For example, graduate students majoring in AI have a mighty stake in which topics are hot and which are not.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Harvard does not offer a business major only a major in economics.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Lasarte attended Hialeah’s Champagnat Catholic high school before majoring in political science at Florida International University and then graduating from the St. Thomas University law school in 1994.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
For example, graduate students majoring in AI have a mighty stake in which topics are hot and which are not.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Harvard does not offer a business major only a major in economics.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Lasarte attended Hialeah’s Champagnat Catholic high school before majoring in political science at Florida International University and then graduating from the St. Thomas University law school in 1994.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Major in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20in. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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