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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After his electrifying major league debut last Friday, Boston Red Sox top pitching prospect Payton Tolle will get another start on Friday in Arizona against the Diamondbacks, as part of a shakeup to the starting rotation as the season moves into its final month.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The Angels used only five starters until July, the only major league team to go that long without using a sixth starter.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
Carson Seymour, awarded the opportunity to make his first major league start, found himself in hot water for entirely different reasons.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Abel, who gave up six runs in three innings in his Twins (61-74) debut last weekend, didn’t fare much better on Saturday, pitching out of the bullpen for the first time in his major league career.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The Angels used only five starters until July, the only major league team to go that long without using a sixth starter.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
Carson Seymour, awarded the opportunity to make his first major league start, found himself in hot water for entirely different reasons.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Abel, who gave up six runs in three innings in his Twins (61-74) debut last weekend, didn’t fare much better on Saturday, pitching out of the bullpen for the first time in his major league career.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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