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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Their high-contact lineup had a better chance to string singles together than most, but stringing hits together against major league pitching these days takes a minor miracle.
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Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
At this point there are better odds South Florida’s major league baseball team holds a fire sale before the trade deadline than get hot, putting together a string of games that flips the win-loss ledger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
Before the next step in their journey, each player will get a glimpse of that major league feeling.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2024
Stone threw the first shutout (and first complete game) of his major league career on Wednesday.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Chelsea Janes, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
At this point there are better odds South Florida’s major league baseball team holds a fire sale before the trade deadline than get hot, putting together a string of games that flips the win-loss ledger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
Before the next step in their journey, each player will get a glimpse of that major league feeling.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2024
Stone threw the first shutout (and first complete game) of his major league career on Wednesday.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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