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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For better or worse, the legacy of 50 years of Tommy John surgeries means players like Quincy Bright have a chance of strong-arming themselves toward major league dreams.
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Faith Salie, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
That matches the best postseason stretch in major league history, and there’s a back story here.
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
Friday night’s division-series clincher was the eighth winner-take-all game Roberts managed, breaking a tie with Bobby Cox and Joe Torre for the most in major league history.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The Tropicana’s fall is meant to pave room for the city’s fourth major league sports team, with Bally’s Corporation (a gambling company) and the Athletics planning to open a new resort and ballpark where the Tropicana once stood.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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Faith Salie, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
That matches the best postseason stretch in major league history, and there’s a back story here.
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
Friday night’s division-series clincher was the eighth winner-take-all game Roberts managed, breaking a tie with Bobby Cox and Joe Torre for the most in major league history.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The Tropicana’s fall is meant to pave room for the city’s fourth major league sports team, with Bally’s Corporation (a gambling company) and the Athletics planning to open a new resort and ballpark where the Tropicana once stood.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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