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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Justin Wrobleski gives up one hit over seven innings and strikes out nine in the best start of his major league career in the Dodgers’ 4-2 win over Philadelphia.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Charles McAdoo, a former Spartans star for both De La Salle High and San Jose State, had a memorable major league debut on Friday night.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
Lewis, 26, has been tailing off since a precocious start to his major league career, and some (perhaps fairly) wonder if a pair of major knee injuries have robbed him of what should have been, as the kids say, his final form.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
And the vision for what a major league team could deliver in West Sacramento is just as clear today.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Charles McAdoo, a former Spartans star for both De La Salle High and San Jose State, had a memorable major league debut on Friday night.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
Lewis, 26, has been tailing off since a precocious start to his major league career, and some (perhaps fairly) wonder if a pair of major knee injuries have robbed him of what should have been, as the kids say, his final form.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
And the vision for what a major league team could deliver in West Sacramento is just as clear today.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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