A major

American  

[ay may-jer] / ˈeɪ ˈmeɪ dʒər /

noun

1. 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

A major challenge of adaptation is to capture the spirit of the source material without being a copy of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

A major milestone came in 2022, when the team published a comprehensive symmetry classification of altermagnetism and identified hundreds of materials that could potentially exhibit it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

A major aspect of the challenge is simply workload.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

A major concern for CoreWeave is that it heavily relies on credit guarantees from customers, Seaport analyst Jay Goldberg wrote in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

A major tenet of the American Revolution—Jefferson had given it lyrical expression in the Declaration of Independence—was that all kings, and not just George III, were inherently evil.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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