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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Black struggled in his first taste of major league action at the end of 2024, but the Mariners have a knack for developing pitchers.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Stelton wrote that the short-term chance of an eruption is akin to the probability of getting bonked in the head by a baseball — while standing outside a major league stadium.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
When the Padres signed Bogaerts, a major league scout with a neutral team said several baseball folks with the Red Sox felt a sense of melancholy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
The White Sox this year lost 121 games, a modern major league record, and attracted fewer fans than any American League team besides the Tampa Bay Rays and the on-our-way-out-of-Oakland Athletics.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Stelton wrote that the short-term chance of an eruption is akin to the probability of getting bonked in the head by a baseball — while standing outside a major league stadium.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
When the Padres signed Bogaerts, a major league scout with a neutral team said several baseball folks with the Red Sox felt a sense of melancholy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
The White Sox this year lost 121 games, a modern major league record, and attracted fewer fans than any American League team besides the Tampa Bay Rays and the on-our-way-out-of-Oakland Athletics.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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