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majored

  • past participle of major.
  • past tense form of major.

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After coming through the LTA system, Fery opted to go on a scholarship to Stanford University in California - a prestigious institution that specialises in research - and majored in science, technology and society.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

As an undergraduate at Harvard, he majored in history and dreamed of becoming a professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Annika Duneja is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in journalism and business and minored in French.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

There, she majored in illustration and took a six-week winter glass-working course that changed her life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

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