minor in
phrasal verb
minored in; minoring in; minors in
US
: to have (a specified second subject of study) in addition to a main subject
In college, she majored in chemistry and minored in biology.
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This is an astonishing fact, though minor in the scale of things.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
In 2023, only 56% of unaccompanied minors in immigration courts were represented by counsel, according to data from the Department of Justice.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Health care providers offered testimony Monday in support of House Bill 7213, a proposal to codify into state law a guarantee that minors in Connecticut may receive contraceptive and pregnancy-related care without permission from their parents.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Catch up quick: Ohio lawmakers passed a bill in early 2024 prohibiting minors in the state from receiving gender-affirming care and restricting transgender athletes from playing on girls' and womens' sports teams.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
In 2023, only 56% of unaccompanied minors in immigration courts were represented by counsel, according to data from the Department of Justice.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Health care providers offered testimony Monday in support of House Bill 7213, a proposal to codify into state law a guarantee that minors in Connecticut may receive contraceptive and pregnancy-related care without permission from their parents.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Catch up quick: Ohio lawmakers passed a bill in early 2024 prohibiting minors in the state from receiving gender-affirming care and restricting transgender athletes from playing on girls' and womens' sports teams.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Minor in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20in. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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