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She is a journalism and mass-communication student with a minor in photography at the George Washington University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Two years later, he graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s in political science and a minor in philosophy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays swapped him and two other minor leaguers for pitcher José Soriano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Under Malaysian law, the boy cannot be publicly identified as he is still a minor.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He knew every major and minor detail in Boaz’s life, from his particularly harrowing ghost encounters to his latest film obsession.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
I felt bad for the young man, felt he should get to fix his issues in the minors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Yet the images of ebullient arrivals to Spain, a portion of them minors and some wearing only swimsuits and flip-flops, have already spread far and wide, threatening a rupture in relations with Rabat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He also added the territory was facing a humanitarian and security emergency, warning that reception centres for unaccompanied minors were operating at several times their intended capacity, according to Reuters.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The European Commission said on Friday that minors can currently choose to set their accounts as “public” on the popular video platform, allowing any user to see their content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Their lawyers didn’t let us interview them because they’re minors.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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
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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