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major

Definition for major

adjective as in bigger

adjective as in important

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Nobody has ever scored that many in any of Europe's major leagues.

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While the fundamentals of the bull market seem “solid,” the S&P 500 may be vulnerable as it hasn’t seen a major pullback since surging from its April low, according to Arone.

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Get hyperfocused on networking, double major and land a job, the mother now says.

As Israeli forces advanced on Gaza City to confront what they described as the last major Hamas stronghold in the strip, Al-Quds was sprayed by gunfire and rocked by bombs.

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By the time Sasaki finally went on the injured list with a shoulder impingement in early May, he had a 4.72 ERA and some of the worst underlying metrics in the majors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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