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minor

[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /




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There were later some minor disturbances which police suggested may be linked in part to the removal of the pallets.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Two police officers suffered minor injuries during the incident on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The latter company would also include the Hartford Wolf Pack, a minor league ice hockey team, and MSG Training Center in Westchester County.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

One firefighter was hospitalised and five others suffered minor injuries, the fire service confirmed, with crews continuing to extinguish "hotspots" in open grassland, along a railway and in gardens.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Figure 4.44: The major key for each key signature is shown as a capital letter; the minor key as a small letter.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Some states in recent years have passed laws seeking to address problematic youth use of social media, including banning smartphone in schools and requiring parental consent for minors to create accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The matriarch shares a sweltering tent with 18 others, mostly relatives, with eight minors among them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Some of the advertisements may have targeted minors, Menin wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Nearly 1,400 minors, some of them "very young boys and girls", still remain in Ceuta following last week's crossings, Spanish Youth Minister Sira Rego said on Friday.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

“Geez. Look at it this way. If you add our ages together, we're not minors; we're one adult. Freebie isn't a pet. He’s a hotel guest and family member. And I showered after basketball.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

As someone who minored in journalism, he’d always loved writing, but ChatGPT’s efficiency gains were hard to turn down.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Tabassum, a biomedical engineering major with a passion for social justice who minored in “resistance to genocide,” drew undisclosed threats to the university.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

I minored in women’s and gender studies as an undergraduate at New York University; as a law student at the same institution, I took courses in feminist jurisprudence and women’s rights in Islamic law.

From Slate Dec. 14, 2023

He majored in communications and minored in English, with a goal of anchoring “SportsCenter” someday.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2023

“I minored in Spanish in college, sweetheart. I did a semester here. It’s where I met your dad...You know this!”

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

In 1992, I started at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in communications and minoring in theater.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

“Right now, I’m a full-time student. I’m majoring in biology, minoring in computer science. My big goal is to become an astro microbiologist for NASA, so essentially looking for aliens.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2024

After majoring in philosophy and minoring in religion, he graduated in 1972.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2022

This summer, she will attend the pre-college music summer program at Carnegie Mellon University, a college that would allow her to major in music while minoring in computer science.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2022

So Bushma — majoring in computing and security technology and minoring in psychology — keeps doing what she does best and wins at squash.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2022




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