minor
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When a minor is involved: Minors cannot legally inherit retirement accounts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Westside and western San Fernando Valley were expected to see minor flooding, according to the weather service, including Malibu, Encino, Woodland Hills and Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Such a scenario, he thinks, would make the disruption for passengers caused by the incident in June seem relatively minor – and could even put lives at risk.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
By reputation she is a tough negotiator who cuts commercial tenants little slack for minor violations and refuses to give an inch when negotiating a lease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
There are two other kinds of minor scales that are commonly used, both of which include notes that are not in the key signature.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Last month, Meta agreed to an $18 billion settlement that ended a trial over social media’s impact on teenagers and required the company to make several changes to how minors interact with its platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
This May, authorities captured 19 migrants, including three unaccompanied minors, in the San Diego storm water drainage system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The shift comes amid a broader backlash over social media’s influence on minors and the building of data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In May, Orange County prosecutors announced an e-bike and e-motorcycle prosecution unit, which would review possible criminal charges against minors, adults and parents involving the electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bella told me he’d had problems at a New Jersey detention facility for minors, where he’d been a counselor/guard—some of the kids had escaped during his watch.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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He is a St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he majored in journalism and minored in art history and archeology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Tabussam, who minored in “resistance to genocide,” suggested her opponents were mistaken about her views and her studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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
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In 1992, I started at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in communications and minoring in theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
These days, many of those minoring in comedy don’t aspire for Hollywood limelight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
Hensien is majoring in marketing and minoring in entrepreneurship and expects to get her degree this summer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
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