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minor

[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /




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As a situation comedy, its characters will spend their days and nights getting in and out of scrapes, enduring self-inflicted humiliations, experiencing minor triumphs; they are all a little stupid, and a little smart.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 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

It said an End of Defects inspection in August found a small number of minor items, due for completion this month, and added it had requested the Housing Ombudsman's conclusions from Clarion.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Wednesday in the Oval Office was so off-the-wall bad I thought I was watching a B-movie about a minor mobster.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

Europe was full of minor nobles with more culture than money.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

A Colombian judge on Thursday ordered President Abelardo de la Espriella's right-wing government to suspend bombings of guerrillas if information suggests the presence of recruited minors.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

It has since grown into one of the most popular minors at the university with more than 200 students.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

County, 51 licenses were issued to minors between 2014 and 2025, according to the county registrar’s office.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The priority is "the return and repatriation of the greatest possible number of people, adults and minors", while respecting Spanish law and human rights, Torres told reporters after the cabinet approved the measure.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

“We’re not minors, neither of us. We’re just shorter than average adults. And we moisturize our faces every hour on the hour, so we don’t wrinkle.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Annika Duneja is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in journalism and business and minored in French.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

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

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

These days, many of those minoring in comedy don’t aspire for Hollywood limelight.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

She is majoring in TV and film and minoring in political science, and she recently spent two weeks focused on final exams.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2023

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

From New York Times Oct. 28, 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

Mr. Puckett is a freshman majoring in English and minoring in history at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he has a four-year scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 27, 2016




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