How to Use major in a Sentence

major

1 of 3 adjective
  • The grant covered a major part of the cost.
  • Butter is one of the major ingredients in the recipe.
  • None of his health problems are major.
  • Researchers have announced a major advance in the treatment of cancer.
  • She played a major role in the negotiations.
  • He suffered a major heart attack.
  • No major changes are expected.
  • He's one of the major figures in 19th-century U.S. history.
  • That was a major move on your part.
    — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Small steps can be packaged as major progress.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Decades ago, bears were not seen as a major problem statewide.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This is your first major TV role.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Keep an eye on your screen time to clock major shifts in your phone usage.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Weiss now faces three major challenges.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Label heads came to him with major artist that wanted to record it.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The three major indexes were still able to notch gains last week.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sugano dodged major danger with two outs in the fifth.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Such IPOs can pack a major punch.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The last three years have been years of major growth for this filmmaker.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • If Chaisson re-signs, edge rush will still be a major need.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And for even more star style, see every major outfit of late here.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And for even more star style, see every major outfit of late here.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And for even more star style, see every major outfit of late here.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And for even more star style, see every major outfit of late here.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Hill believes that played a major role in the movie’s success.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Here are six major elections to watch, and what else to expect.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But this season, major cruise lines are skipping it.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This many major categories haven’t been this up in the air in a very long time.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Fowler has played in the final group three times in a major, but has yet to claim a trophy.
    — Greg Beacham, ajc, 19 June 2023
  • The song was banned by major streaming platforms.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026

major

2 of 3 noun
  • What was your major in college?
  • In college, he was a history major.
  • He chose history as his major and French as his minor.
  • But every major paid off in the end.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Hegseth never rose above the rank of major.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But those teams can only get road games against high-majors.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • But high-salary jobs are out there, and not just for business majors.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Ideally find a job in my major and find a place to live.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is the hallmark of someone who wins a major.
    — ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • This is the second-to-last golf major of the season.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Won three more majors elsewhere.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • The true mid-majors and low-majors are likely to move down a seed line.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • This is the tradeoff that every major goes through.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Like, as far as wins, majors, whatever that may be.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Rays’ majors-best home record, with a chance to grow their advantage.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • Our second major was my 13th win.
    — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • The French Open is one of four tennis majors.
    — Greg Cote june 7, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
  • The Phillies are a majors-best 14-5 in one-run games.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 6 June 2026
  • That’s his only title in a major.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • What if the student changes majors or is unable to finish in four years?
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Which college majors are most in demand?
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Hull finished second at a major for the fifth time in her career.
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • There are sound cases to be made for a plethora of college majors.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • And so Hoyt changed her major to art history.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Scheffler has shot a round of 65 or better in three of his last four majors.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • There will be three signature events staged in the four weeks between those two majors.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Stewart Cink got off to a great start in a bid to win his third straight senior major.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The 53-year-old aims to become the first to win the first three senior majors.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • The same players got to at the end of majors, but there was excitement in how things would shake out.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Samouris is a music theater major.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

major

3 of 3 verb
  • Hall plans to major in business and open up a boxing gym one day.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • Clark plans to major in English with an eye toward perhaps a law career.
    — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Massa isn’t sure that, after the pandemic, there will be a rush to major in the fields with the highest pay.
    — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Pope will be majoring in animation and has high hopes about what's coming up ahead with Williams' help.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 3 July 2019
  • While majoring in the humanities does often pay off in the long run, many students want to be able to land a steady job from the start.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 1 May 2020
  • Nine people suffered injuries ranging from minor to major.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Berkeley aims to draw students majoring in the humanities into the field as well.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Riep, a cornerback for the team, is from Cincinnati and is majoring in sports industry.
    — William Mansell, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Australian teenagers looking to major in gender studies might need to start pinching pennies to prepare for a hike in the price of their degrees.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 19 June 2020
  • Anyichie was a member of the men's basketball team and was majoring in political science.
    — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 15 July 2019
  • Ridgeway will major in biochemistry and be a walk-on for the Washington State football team.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
  • Dimler plans to major in criminal justice, hoping to one day work for the FBI.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Serafin plans to major in economics at Boston College but will not play soccer.
    — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The share of college students who major in history has fallen by two-thirds since the early 1970s.
    — Jason Willick, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Headrick, a Lewis recruit who will major in aviation, had his team flying high after breaking the ice with that first-pitch single.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
  • She was promoted to major in 2013, a year after Neil was elected sheriff.
    — Hannah K. Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2020
  • The Creighton recruit plans to major in biomedical physics or physical therapy, neither of which are easy courses of study.
    — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • And he’s been accepted to UC Santa Cruz, with plans to major in computer science this fall.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • Candidates may major in any subject area likely to lead to a public service career, other than the MBA.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • His plan is to major in fine arts, Oswego School District 308 officials announced.
    — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Donaldson plans to major in either sports marketing or finance while at UK and wants to use her degree for the progression of women in sports.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2022
  • Fitz, who plans to major in engineering at Air Force, is the fifth member of that school’s 2021 recruiting class.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 16 June 2020
  • Dangerfield is eager to be on campus at the University of Texas at Austin to major in marketing.
    — Dallas News, 14 June 2020
  • Perez is a graduate of Buckeye Senior High School majoring in public health and nursing.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Skipp plans to major in psychology at the University of Detroit Mercy this fall.
    — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2021
  • Xavier was balancing his first year at City College of New York and looking to major in civil engineering.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • In addition to his on-field talents, Nugent plans to major in astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 26 July 2022
  • One of these was Gary Pomerantz, a sophomore from Woodland Hills planning to major in in political science.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Men are more likely to major in STEM subjects in college, and women tend to score lower on mathematics exams.
    — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The daughter of Harry and Julie Hanna, the senior hopes to major in English at a four-year college and pursue a career in writing.
    — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2022

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