the majors
noun
US, informal
: the major leagues of baseball
As a boy, he dreamed of playing in the majors.
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Besides his time in the majors, Hargan also spent time pitching in Venezuela in the 1960s, and split the 1978 season with the Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations without receiving a promotion.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Yesavage, who made the jump to the majors last month, had a dominant performance against the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series before taking it to the next level with his pitching in games 1 and 5 of the Fall Classic.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Saalfrank and Rodríguez played previously in the majors.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
And this is a team that was second in baseball only to Kansas City in not striking out during the regular season, fanning only 1,099 times, facing a Dodgers pitching staff that led the majors in striking people out (1,505).
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Yesavage, who made the jump to the majors last month, had a dominant performance against the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series before taking it to the next level with his pitching in games 1 and 5 of the Fall Classic.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Saalfrank and Rodríguez played previously in the majors.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
And this is a team that was second in baseball only to Kansas City in not striking out during the regular season, fanning only 1,099 times, facing a Dodgers pitching staff that led the majors in striking people out (1,505).
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the majors
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“The majors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20majors. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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