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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Diaz, who finished the 2024 season with the Padres, would be returning on a $3.5 million, and would mark San Diego's first official major league signing of the offseason.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025
The Rockies’ lone major league free agent signings so far this offseason are bringing back catcher Jacob Stallings, and getting infielders Thairo Estrada and Kyle Farmer on the open market.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
The Dodgers get the same share of international merchandise sales and international broadcast revenue that every other major league team does.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025
The Rockies’ lone major league free agent signings so far this offseason are bringing back catcher Jacob Stallings, and getting infielders Thairo Estrada and Kyle Farmer on the open market.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
The Dodgers get the same share of international merchandise sales and international broadcast revenue that every other major league team does.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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