major
noun
a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
had majored
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past perfectof major.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Alex Kaplan, who had majored in physics at Princeton University, found out about LK-99 on Hacker News, a news aggregation website.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
These are the questions that make me wish I had majored in art history.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2022
Brezine, a weaver, had majored in theoretical math at Reed College.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2020
Grace D. Banker, a 25-year-old Columbia University graduate who had majored in French and history, led the first unit of so-called Hello Girls.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2019
He weighed a hundred and fifty-four—the same as he had the day he graduated from Kansas State University, where he had majored in agriculture.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
