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A major

American

[ay may-jer] / ˈeɪ ˈmeɪ dʒər /

noun

Music. the key that has A as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having three sharps.

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A major music event takes place at the stadium on the following weekend on Saturday 6 June.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A major theme in the report was continued customer diversification.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Read: A major union warns regulators that Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO ‘defies financial logic’

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

A major factor in 2025’s population trends was a sharp drop in net international migration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

A major came by, saw us sitting on the ground, and came over to us.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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