major
noun
a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I didn’t want to end up being dependent on people I didn’t respect much, so here I am majoring in anthropology instead.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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