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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Ausmus was part of a four-man group recruiting players and filling out the 26-man roster, a handful with major league credentials.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Before anyone loses their minds, Cone was not directly comparing Jones, yet to make his major league debut and likely to start the season in Triple-A, to arguably the most talented player the game has ever seen.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
These gestures will become the norm in major league baseball this season, starting this weekend, thanks to the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
López made his major league debut with the Miami Marlins in 2018 and spent five seasons with them, then was traded to the Twins.
—CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Before anyone loses their minds, Cone was not directly comparing Jones, yet to make his major league debut and likely to start the season in Triple-A, to arguably the most talented player the game has ever seen.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
These gestures will become the norm in major league baseball this season, starting this weekend, thanks to the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
López made his major league debut with the Miami Marlins in 2018 and spent five seasons with them, then was traded to the Twins.
—CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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