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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That would leave the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as the two teams in the running to sign Sasaki with one week left in his 45-day window to negotiate a major league contract.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Born and raised in Milwaukee on January 26, 1934, Robert George Uecker spent several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
DirecTV’s new bundle offers a wide range of nationally available broadcast and cable channels from Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal as well as FAST sports networks and channels operated by major leagues and college conferences.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025
The camp is focused on assimilation into major league life on and off the field.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Born and raised in Milwaukee on January 26, 1934, Robert George Uecker spent several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
DirecTV’s new bundle offers a wide range of nationally available broadcast and cable channels from Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal as well as FAST sports networks and channels operated by major leagues and college conferences.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025
The camp is focused on assimilation into major league life on and off the field.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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