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
Recent Examples on the Web
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
The home run was Hernández’s fourth of the season — all of them have come in the last four games — tying him with Betts for the early major league lead.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Judge has already achieved notoriety as being the biggest center fielder in major league history.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet, well before Robinson’s arrival, the Negro Leagues were already major league, in the simple sense that, had there been a World Series between a team from the Negro Leagues and one from the white leagues, either could have won.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Bird pitched 84 2/3 innings of relief last season, tied for the most among major league relievers and the ninth-most all-time by a Rockie.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Disney's parks are a tourism magnet for Southern California and especially for Anaheim, which is Orange County’s most populous city and home to more than 345,000 people as well as a major league baseball team and national hockey league team.
—Amy Taxin, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
In 2023, he was credited with 13 defensive runs saved, ranking fourth among major league shortstops.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
And no one needs to designate us as a major league city.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
The home run was Hernández’s fourth of the season — all of them have come in the last four games — tying him with Betts for the early major league lead.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Judge has already achieved notoriety as being the biggest center fielder in major league history.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet, well before Robinson’s arrival, the Negro Leagues were already major league, in the simple sense that, had there been a World Series between a team from the Negro Leagues and one from the white leagues, either could have won.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Bird pitched 84 2/3 innings of relief last season, tied for the most among major league relievers and the ninth-most all-time by a Rockie.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Disney's parks are a tourism magnet for Southern California and especially for Anaheim, which is Orange County’s most populous city and home to more than 345,000 people as well as a major league baseball team and national hockey league team.
—Amy Taxin, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
In 2023, he was credited with 13 defensive runs saved, ranking fourth among major league shortstops.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
And no one needs to designate us as a major league city.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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