How to Use major in a Sentence

major

1 of 3 adjective
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  • The grant covered a major part of the cost.
  • Butter is one of the major ingredients in the recipe.
  • None of his health problems are major.
  • Researchers have announced a major advance in the treatment of cancer.
  • She played a major role in the negotiations.
  • He suffered a major heart attack.
  • No major changes are expected.
  • He's one of the major figures in 19th-century U.S. history.
  • Hill believes that played a major role in the movie’s success.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Fowler has played in the final group three times in a major, but has yet to claim a trophy.
    — Greg Beacham, ajc, 19 June 2023
  • Those airports and the three major New York airports are under a ground stop, due to the storms.
    — Greg Wallace, CNN, 25 July 2023
  • But the Willow field is not the only major fossil-fuel project in the works.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Label heads came to him with major artist that wanted to record it.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Still, Oates sees major changes on the horizon for the live performance space.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The drop in yields is bringing calm to the rest of the market, with all three major U.S. stock indexes rising.
    — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Expect major delays and long lines of traffic to even enter the park.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • And yet, migration and movement have played a major role in her life, and within her work.
    — Suyin Haynes, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The first was a major rewrite of the city’s century-old criminal code.
    — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The defense Trump’s defense is twofold, and legal experts point out there are some major holes in it.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • As far as major shopping events go in the beauty world, few are as big of a deal as Sephora’s Savings Event.
    — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
  • In the economic hub of Lagos and other major cities, there are fewer cars and more legs on the roads as commuters are forced to trek to work.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Right now, a trans kid in Miami would have to travel seven hours to get across the border to a major city in Georgia.
    — Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Indeed, one of the early major use cases for AI has been in human resources (HR).
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The tornado didn’t cause major damage to the production area.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • This has caused major backups during rush hour, on weekends and many times in between.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2023
  • To get below that limit, engineers had to make some major changes to the system’s optics and fix all the knock-on problems that followed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2023
  • In the smallest Southeast communities, trolling provides a major source of cash economies.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • The border with Peru, a major source of pilgrims, had been closed because of postelection turmoil there.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The convictions were a major blow for the Oath Keepers, which Rhodes founded in 2009 and grew into one of the largest far-right anti-government militia groups.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • Learn how comprehensive car insurance can protect your car in the case of a major storm with high water.
    — Steven Glass, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023
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major

2 of 3 noun
  • What was your major in college?
  • In college, he was a history major.
  • He chose history as his major and French as his minor.
  • The major was checked out by paramedics in the parking lot.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The Spaniard is in search of his third major, having won the U.S. Open in 2021.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • And his previous round in a major had been an 81 to shoot his way out of the U.S. Open on June 16.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 26 July 2023
  • All the while, the computer science major stayed in school.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Zhang played in three majors last year, with her best finish a tie for 28th at the Women’s British Open.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • Richard Fierro, one of the two who subdued the shooter, is a former Army major who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The original on-ice call was a five-minute major against Dumba.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • McIlroy had a 69 that left him one shot behind, poised to end nine long years without a major.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • At Caltech, students do not declare a major until the end of their first year.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And this, frankly, was before OpenAI had done some major aligning on the model.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
  • An accounting major might need two years in the classroom but a third outside.
    — Scott L. Wyatt, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
  • For the moment, the indies and majors seem dedicated to buying and releasing movies — but the specter of the strikes still looms.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Don’t be surprised if Arizona State pulls off a major upset in 2023.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The chest is made up of two muscles, your pectoralis major and your pectoralis minor.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Davis had been in the College of Arts and Sciences with an undecided major.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • What’s the difference between a bird and an English major?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The top-paying majors aren't the most popular fields with students, Itzkowitz's research found.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 May 2023
  • His father was a British army major who fought in the Korean War, and his mother was a homemaker.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In a statement Monday, the oil major said the safety of its workers was its priority.
    — Jenni Reid, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Those memorable majors are a gift and a curse for Ryan Ogle, the championship director.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In an interview with Rolling Stone, the 40-year-old heavyweight rapper talked about his transition from an indie to a major.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Djokovic will be fighting for his record-breaking 25th major but has been honest about a wrist injury that has been bothering him.
    — Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But many aerospace majors remain more drawn to buzz than benefits and legacies.
    — Aashna Shah, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • All signs point toward Rory McIlroy being able to end his streak of 33 majors over nine years without winning.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • Finally, chords of A minor, F major, and B major shine from above—deus-ex-machina grace for a divided soul.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • And while there’s no guarantees in life, a new report reveals the 10 majors that tend to lead to the highest-paying jobs for new graduates in their first four years after school.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 May 2023
  • Is there a specific major required for the CMA certification?
    — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
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major

3 of 3 verb
  • Hall plans to major in business and open up a boxing gym one day.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • Massa isn’t sure that, after the pandemic, there will be a rush to major in the fields with the highest pay.
    — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
  • While majoring in the humanities does often pay off in the long run, many students want to be able to land a steady job from the start.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 1 May 2020
  • O’Keefe will be going to Illinois to major in business.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Dimler plans to major in criminal justice, hoping to one day work for the FBI.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Clark plans to major in English with an eye toward perhaps a law career.
    — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The share of college students who major in history has fallen by two-thirds since the early 1970s.
    — Jason Willick, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Fitz, who plans to major in engineering at Air Force, is the fifth member of that school’s 2021 recruiting class.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 16 June 2020
  • Ridgeway will major in biochemistry and be a walk-on for the Washington State football team.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
  • Riep, a cornerback for the team, is from Cincinnati and is majoring in sports industry.
    — William Mansell, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The daughter of Harry and Julie Hanna, the senior hopes to major in English at a four-year college and pursue a career in writing.
    — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Pope will be majoring in animation and has high hopes about what's coming up ahead with Williams' help.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 3 July 2019
  • Australian teenagers looking to major in gender studies might need to start pinching pennies to prepare for a hike in the price of their degrees.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 19 June 2020
  • And he’s been accepted to UC Santa Cruz, with plans to major in computer science this fall.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • She was promoted to major in 2013, a year after Neil was elected sheriff.
    — Hannah K. Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2020
  • Berkeley aims to draw students majoring in the humanities into the field as well.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Hardaway, the son of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, has a 3.9 grade point average and is looking to major in business.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2022
  • His plan is to major in fine arts, Oswego School District 308 officials announced.
    — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Candidates may major in any subject area likely to lead to a public service career, other than the MBA.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Headrick, a Lewis recruit who will major in aviation, had his team flying high after breaking the ice with that first-pitch single.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
  • Donaldson plans to major in either sports marketing or finance while at UK and wants to use her degree for the progression of women in sports.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2022
  • Anyichie was a member of the men's basketball team and was majoring in political science.
    — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 15 July 2019
  • When she was promoted to major in 2006, then-police Chief Robert White praised her skill at connecting with the community.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Dangerfield is eager to be on campus at the University of Texas at Austin to major in marketing.
    — Dallas News, 14 June 2020
  • One of these was Gary Pomerantz, a sophomore from Woodland Hills planning to major in in political science.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Arnold majored in public health and business at UM-Dearborn, and played on the college's softball team, stated her profile on the school's athletics website.
    — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Serafin plans to major in economics at Boston College but will not play soccer.
    — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Xavier was balancing his first year at City College of New York and looking to major in civil engineering.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • Anderson, who has a grade-point average in the 3.8 range, is looking to major in kinesiology with plans of becoming a coach.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In college, men are about three times more likely than women to major in economics, and only about a third of those graduating with an economics doctorate are women.
    — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022

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