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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Morehead spent six of his eight major league seasons with the Red Sox, until he was selected by the expansion Kansas City Royals in the 1968 draft.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In November 2022, the Rockies promoted him to their major league coaching staff as third base and infield coach for the 2023 season.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
This is the first time ever participants got a chance to sleep on a major league field as part of this event.
—Alicia Roberts, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Greenberg wouldn't return to baseball until 1945, serving 47 months (the longest service of any major league player) as an officer in locations all around the world.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In November 2022, the Rockies promoted him to their major league coaching staff as third base and infield coach for the 2023 season.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
This is the first time ever participants got a chance to sleep on a major league field as part of this event.
—Alicia Roberts, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Greenberg wouldn't return to baseball until 1945, serving 47 months (the longest service of any major league player) as an officer in locations all around the world.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 11 Nov. 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 26 Nov. 2025.
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