as in big(s)
the highest level of a field of endeavor
when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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Recent Examples of major league
The biggest challenge has been grinding his way through a six-month major league regular season for the first time.
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Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Each made their major league debut this season and remains on the active roster.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Devers and the Mets’ Pete Alonso are the only major league players who have posted four 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons since 2019.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Each made their major league debut this season and remains on the active roster.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Pawol, who has been a minor league umpire since 2016, is in a rotation of Triple-A call-up umpires who work major league games.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Devers and the Mets’ Pete Alonso are the only major league players who have posted four 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons since 2019.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for major league
big time
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The team is in trouble big time.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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What’s your big time-management secret?—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
8 Sep. 2025
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