Example Sentences

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In 1992, I started at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in communications and minoring in theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Alia Yee Noll is a junior at USC majoring in journalism and minoring in documentary and gender & sexuality studies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

She is majoring in TV and film and minoring in political science, and she recently spent two weeks focused on final exams.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

After majoring in philosophy and minoring in religion, he graduated in 1972.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

So Bushma — majoring in computing and security technology and minoring in psychology — keeps doing what she does best and wins at squash.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022