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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Chapman was a coach in the Yankees' minor league system and ended up joining Boone's major league staff in 2022 as a first base and infield coach.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Starters Logan Gilbert and Luis Castillo both pitched in relief for the first time in their major league careers, while relievers Matt Brash and Eduard Bazardo made their longest ever appearances.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
That lack of consistency just isn’t major league.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The law, which removed national origin quotas established in the 1920s, greatly impacted who could immigrate to the U.S.
In 1974: Frank Robinson was hired by the Cleveland Indians as baseball’s first Black major league manager.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Starters Logan Gilbert and Luis Castillo both pitched in relief for the first time in their major league careers, while relievers Matt Brash and Eduard Bazardo made their longest ever appearances.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
That lack of consistency just isn’t major league.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The law, which removed national origin quotas established in the 1920s, greatly impacted who could immigrate to the U.S.
In 1974: Frank Robinson was hired by the Cleveland Indians as baseball’s first Black major league manager.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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