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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Puig played for three major league teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Right-hander Ryan Brasier, who grew up in Wichita Falls and attended Weatherford College, is finalizing a deal for non-roster invite to major league spring training, a person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Dallas Morning News.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Ritchie, meanwhile, could make his major league debut this season.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
With a minor league option remaining, Fernández gives the Yankees an additional outfielder with major league experience after Michael Siani was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers earlier this week.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Right-hander Ryan Brasier, who grew up in Wichita Falls and attended Weatherford College, is finalizing a deal for non-roster invite to major league spring training, a person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Dallas Morning News.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Ritchie, meanwhile, could make his major league debut this season.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
With a minor league option remaining, Fernández gives the Yankees an additional outfielder with major league experience after Michael Siani was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers earlier this week.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
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 10 Feb. 2026.
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