major (in)

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Verb
  • Enter your email address to find out if your information appears in the leak.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • With the help of Cope’s first love, Lucy, the lawyer is determined to turn every skeleton out of the closet in his search for answers – and to find out whether Camille might still be alive.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Stage one willl improve flow through the creek that runs down the boundary between Midlothian and Crestwood, including a major improvement to the culvert at 143rd Street and Linder Avenue, Buerger said.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Evelyn ran down from her seat two rows up, dropped to the ground and attempted to secure the ball in front of her.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • When scientists initially studied attempts to learn while sleeping, the results seemed promising.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • The coins will be transported to the Coin Cabinet at the Museum of Cultural History, where they will be catalogued and studied for years to come, the museum confirmed.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties may hear the booms, depending on weather and other conditions, SpaceX said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • Buffett, 95, attracted huge crowds to the event, with thousands flocking to hear the Oracle of Omaha’s market wisdom.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Beyond these first steps, changes to cockpit avionics could help better manage the problem by improving software filters that detect big jumps in position and time, and making sure ground position warning systems don’t retain spoofed information, Faragher said.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The disease has been detected in both free-ranging and captive deer, elk and moose populations.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • Their protections may have been further eroded with a precedent decision recently in which the Board of Immigration Appeals determined that DACA status alone is not enough to stop deportation.
    Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • All of these exist to ascertain fair and just IP law and policy.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Denver Post requested an interview with the governor, or an adviser on housing policy, to ascertain what effect the special election results could have on Lakewood’s standing.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • A-list celebrities and an unostentatious and discerning clientele of predominantly French, US, European, and South American guests, many of them regulars who stay for a week or more.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And Cunningham was equally discerning with his play.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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