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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Lee entered Friday night’s game at Target Field with an 18-game hitting streak, his best since making his major league debut last season — and the team’s longest since Brian Dozier hit safely in 24 straight games over the end of the 2017 season and the beginning of the 2018 season.
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
José Ramírez #11 of the Cleveland Guardians bats against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the fifth inning of a major league baseball game at Oracle Park on June 18, 2025 in San Francisco, California.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Scherzer dominated in retiring the first 26 batters and was one strike from throwing the 22nd perfect game in major league history since 1900.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Miami Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill's immaculate inning last month was the most recent time it's happened in a major league game.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
José Ramírez #11 of the Cleveland Guardians bats against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the fifth inning of a major league baseball game at Oracle Park on June 18, 2025 in San Francisco, California.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Scherzer dominated in retiring the first 26 batters and was one strike from throwing the 22nd perfect game in major league history since 1900.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Miami Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill's immaculate inning last month was the most recent time it's happened in a major league game.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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