How to Use major in a Sentence

major

1 of 3 adjective

• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024