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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Reds, Lowe reach deal The Cincinnati Reds signed veteran first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to a minor league contract with an invite to major league camp in spring training, the team announced Saturday.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Langford played the majority of his major league career in left but his athleticism and range profile well in center.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Wick, 33, has pitched in five major league seasons but has spent the last two years in Japan with the NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
After a torturous 2025 season that featured one of the worst team pitching performances in major league history, the pitching think tank was overhauled.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Langford played the majority of his major league career in left but his athleticism and range profile well in center.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Wick, 33, has pitched in five major league seasons but has spent the last two years in Japan with the NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
After a torturous 2025 season that featured one of the worst team pitching performances in major league history, the pitching think tank was overhauled.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 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 17 Feb. 2026.
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