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[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /




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So, when the public figure stuff happens, it’s pleasant, but it’s a very minor part of self-perception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Napoli star McTominay has scored four goals in seven outings since recovering from a minor heart procedure.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

This is because cross-examination can result in a key witness making a minor misstatement or offering a defense-friendly admission.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

On a ski slope, the drift would be minor.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

I was merely along for the ride—very precariously, as it turned out—which reminded me once again how really minor man can be when it comes to competing for space and time and food.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Meta and others sued last year over Senate Bill 976, a similar bill known as “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” that bars addictive feeds and certain features to minors without parental consent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Among those arrested, there's an eyebrow-raising number of minors.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Usually, those devices were saved for heads of households, and not appended to youths and minors.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

A fourth-round draft pick in 2018 out of Crowder College—the same school as staff ace Jacob Misiorowski—Ashby rose through the minors as a starter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

"On my flight out of Atlanta, there were seven unaccompanied minors," I said.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

“I’m a rule-follower,” said Fudge, who majored in mechanical engineering and minored in math.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Tabussam, who minored in “resistance to genocide,” suggested her opponents were mistaken about her views and her studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

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

It’s a core offering taken by students minoring in comedy performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

This summer, she will attend the pre-college music summer program at Carnegie Mellon University, a college that would allow her to major in music while minoring in computer science.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 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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