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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The park, which is the permanent home of the Giants AAA-affiliate River Cats club, could remain in its major league role for two to three more years.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Bader, a Gold Glove winner with the Cardinals in 2021, has been worth 77 Outs Above Average over his nine-year major league career with the Cardinals, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Twins and Phillies.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Rojas, who has said this will be his last major league season as a player, has sustained a succession of lower-body injuries in recent years.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Then, the count was 53 championships in major league sports and college football and basketball, and 219 in college Olympic sports.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Bader, a Gold Glove winner with the Cardinals in 2021, has been worth 77 Outs Above Average over his nine-year major league career with the Cardinals, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Twins and Phillies.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Rojas, who has said this will be his last major league season as a player, has sustained a succession of lower-body injuries in recent years.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Then, the count was 53 championships in major league sports and college football and basketball, and 219 in college Olympic sports.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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