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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Morejón, still just 25, seems to have found his niche six years after making his major league debut, being tried as a starter and enduring a half-dozen interruptions to his career caused by injury.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
That means Ward has been 14% better than the average major league hitter.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Although his major league career was brief, Acosta's baseball journey was one of the most unique in the sport's history.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 Friday night at Dodger Stadium to tie the New York Yankees (1995-2007) for the second-longest playoff streak in major league history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
That means Ward has been 14% better than the average major league hitter.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Although his major league career was brief, Acosta's baseball journey was one of the most unique in the sport's history.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 Friday night at Dodger Stadium to tie the New York Yankees (1995-2007) for the second-longest playoff streak in major league history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for major league
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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