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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Houston’s Peter Lambert (0-1) allowed seven hits and four runs in five innings in his first major league start this season.
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ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Chicago scored in double digits for the third straight game and major league-leading fourth time this season.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Anderson had a stretch of eight consecutive seasons appearing in at least 150 games for the Angels and played in at least 140 games in 11 of his 17 major league seasons.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The three-time All-Star outfielder, who played 17 major league seasons, is the Angels’ leader in games played (2,013), hits (2,368), runs batted in (1,292), doubles (489), total bases (3,743), extra-base hits (796) and grand slams (eight).
—Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Chicago scored in double digits for the third straight game and major league-leading fourth time this season.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Anderson had a stretch of eight consecutive seasons appearing in at least 150 games for the Angels and played in at least 140 games in 11 of his 17 major league seasons.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The three-time All-Star outfielder, who played 17 major league seasons, is the Angels’ leader in games played (2,013), hits (2,368), runs batted in (1,292), doubles (489), total bases (3,743), extra-base hits (796) and grand slams (eight).
—Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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