major league
noun
1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly
: a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
major leaguer
noun
Examples of major league in a Sentence
when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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With the White Sox, Thaiss offers a left-handed hitting veteran to pair with Korey Lee, who hit .210 with 12 homers and 37 RBIs in his first extended major league action in 2024.
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Even Unify, the streaming platform, is an idea that most major leagues, as well as FIFA, are currently exploring.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
There are a couple distinctly different ways to build a contending major league baseball club.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Less than two years later, on April 11, 1947, Robinson signed his first major league contract along with Rickey and National League president Ford Frick.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Even Unify, the streaming platform, is an idea that most major leagues, as well as FIFA, are currently exploring.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
There are a couple distinctly different ways to build a contending major league baseball club.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Less than two years later, on April 11, 1947, Robinson signed his first major league contract along with Rickey and National League president Ford Frick.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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