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minor

[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /




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One Gulf official said the attack on Monday caused minor damage to the kingdom’s Abqaiq oil-processing and stabilization facility, the world’s largest, handling roughly 7 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Of the firefighters taken to hospital, four had minor injuries.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

You’re not in this purchase to grind out a small gain with a minor move — you want a big gain on a monster move in VIX.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

A minor league team plans to launch in Irvine next year, and the entrepreneur behind it is pitching it as a way to provide fans with a taste of Asian baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

I don’t want to interrupt their concert for a minor stomachache.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

This time around, Hernández told the Times that he’s not going so he can focus on a rehabilitation stint in the minors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"We urge the public not to disseminate related information, to reject cyberbullying, and to work together to create a good environment for the growth of minors," reads an official statement.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

When the state first approved Medicaid coverage for “gender transition” procedures in 2015, officials projected that only about 175 people—adults and minors combined—would use the services each year, with costs not exceeding $200,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The regulations also ban virtual relationships with minors and require companies to alert a person’s emergency contact if they detect an emotional crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Bella told me he’d had problems at a New Jersey detention facility for minors, where he’d been a counselor/guard—some of the kids had escaped during his watch.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

He is a St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he majored in journalism and minored in art history and archeology.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

I minored in women’s and gender studies as an undergraduate at New York University; as a law student at the same institution, I took courses in feminist jurisprudence and women’s rights in Islamic law.

From Slate Dec. 14, 2023

He majored in communications and minored in English, with a goal of anchoring “SportsCenter” someday.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2023

“I minored in Spanish in college, sweetheart. I did a semester here. It’s where I met your dad...You know this!”

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

These days, many of those minoring in comedy don’t aspire for Hollywood limelight.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 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

Mr. Puckett is a freshman majoring in English and minoring in history at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he has a four-year scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 27, 2016




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