How to Use the big leagues in a Sentence
the big leagues
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The idea is the same as in the big leagues, to speed up games.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
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None of the Reds' picks in the 2020 draft have reached the big leagues yet.
—Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 July 2023
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Like the goal was never just to get to the big leagues.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
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And he’s made an impact since he’s come back to the big leagues.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
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Kwan’s 20 infield hits rank fourth in the big leagues. .
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
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Turnbull reached the big leagues late in the 2018 season.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2023
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Most of their better prospects are very far from the big leagues.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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And the Angels of the last three seasons have been known to fast-track their prospects to the big leagues.
—Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
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Cooper reached the big leagues in 2017 with the New York Yankees.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
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Freeman, in the fifth inning, hit his first homer in the big leagues.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
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Most of the 27-year-old’s time in the big leagues, after all, has been marked by failure.
—Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2023
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Daz Cameron rode a recent hot streak in Las Vegas all the way back to the big leagues.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
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Welcome to the big leagues with this Airplane Kit that takes things to new heights.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
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The first Padres manager when the team joined the big leagues in 1969 was Preston Gomez.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
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The jump to the big leagues can be difficult for any player.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
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His results, both in the big leagues and the minors over the past two seasons, have been so-so at best.
—Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
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Could the knee issue prevent Givens from breaking camp in the big leagues?
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
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He’d been signed, developed and brought to the big leagues by Cleveland.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
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And yet two guys who hadn’t thrown a pitch in the big leagues in years – literally years!
—Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
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Angelos is selling a team on its way up in the big leagues.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
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The difference between a bench coach and a manager is a huge jump, Triple-A to the big leagues.
—Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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Then go on YouTube and type in some of his favorite pitchers in the big leagues and replay those videos over and over and over.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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The Woods rarely get jittery anymore when James is hitting, but his first week in the big leagues had been a test.
—Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
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But the minor league seasons are set to start just a couple weeks after the big leagues.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
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But in his first full season in the big leagues, Bello has been mentioned in the same sentence with some of the all-time greats.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
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This was to be Bird’s first ever gig in the United States, as well as her entrée into the big leagues.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 June 2024
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After three years of setbacks and surgeries, Sixto Sanchez is back in the big leagues.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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But Alvarez proved to be more than ready for the big leagues and Narvaez’s defense was dismal.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
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Following his playing days at Wayne, a path to the big leagues seemed like a pretty sure bet.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024
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Roberts said both could require five-to-seven outings before returning to the big leagues.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
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