senior major

collocation in English

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senior
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.ni.ər/us
/ˈsiː.njɚ/
high or higher ...
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major
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
an officer of middle rank in the British, US, and many other ...
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(Definition ofseniorandmajorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You promote theseniormajorto the colonel, and the senior captain becomes a major, and so on—it goes right down to the lower commissioned ranks.
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He has four victories including aseniormajorchampionship and over 100 top-10 finishes in this venue.
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Theseniormajoreffectively acted as second-in-command and the majors often commanded detachments of two or more companies split from the main body.
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Each team, run by aseniormajor, consists of 12 seminars (or small groups), with a senior captain or major instructing about 15 student officers.
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The field consists of theseniormajorchampions of the last five years and other tournament winners of the last two years, plus a few sponsor invitees.
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Nicklaus also holds the record as the only person to have won four different senior majors.
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He claimed 29 senior wins, including four senior majors.
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However, the five senior majors have a full 72 holes (four rounds).
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Like the women's majors, the senior majors are not globally recognized.
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Nicklaus is the only player to have won four different senior majors in his career.
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He won ten events on the tour, including five senior majors.
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There is a complete list of results in the senior majors article.
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Also, no man has won all five of the current senior majors in his career.
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Like other senior majors, players must walk the course unless they receive a medical exemption to use a cart.
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Senior majors are shown in bold.
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No man has ever won all of the senior majors contested in a year, even in the period between 1980 and 1982 when only two senior majors existed.
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