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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Bell was selected in the second round of the 2011 amateur draft out of high school by Pittsburgh and made his major league debut in 2016.
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Michael Plassmeyer, a two-year major league veteran with the Philadelphia Phillies who spent the season in the minor leagues for the Texas Rangers, signed a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays, according to the transactions log on his official roster page.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Thoroughbred horse racing takes place in Del Mar from July through September each year, and baseball fans arrive from April through September for major league games at Petco Park.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Romo, 24, hit just .167 in 19 major league games over two seasons.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Michael Plassmeyer, a two-year major league veteran with the Philadelphia Phillies who spent the season in the minor leagues for the Texas Rangers, signed a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays, according to the transactions log on his official roster page.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Thoroughbred horse racing takes place in Del Mar from July through September each year, and baseball fans arrive from April through September for major league games at Petco Park.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Romo, 24, hit just .167 in 19 major league games over two seasons.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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