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Meanings of majors in English

The most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

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Examples for "major league"
Examples for "major league"
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The Yankees immediately were caught with a shortage of major league-caliber replacements.
The Yankee Years
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Avoiding the spotlight comes naturally for the soft-spoken, four-year major league veteran.
Reuters
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I never understood why major league clubs would not use guys internally.
The Yankee Years
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But this was something else altogether, the major league of bad-news breaking.
After the fall
5
No team ever won a major league pennant unless it was lucky.
Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913
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Watson, 22, donated his big league bucks to victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Ebony
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The big league teams tend to hold him at a distance.
The Guardian
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They were too few to play in the formicid big league.
Anthill: a novel
4
The dangerous Manning brothers plan to move up to the big league -politics.
Radio NZ
5
Despite its super size, the sandwich didn't quite make it into the big league.
Reuters
Usage of majors in English
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The following year, Nicklaus won two majors at the age of 40.
Reuters
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Declines in oil prices hit the share prices of energy majors .
Reuters
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But some oil majors remain cautious about betting on further price gains.
Reuters
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McINERNEY Holdings has announced changes in majors shareholdings following the recent restructuring.
The Irish Times
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You see in me the colonel, and the majors, and the captains.
The Isle of Unrest
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Oil majors in those countries have generally been excluded from government-imposed cuts.
Reuters
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Warner is now fourth among the majors in sales of new music.
The new yorker
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The gambling majors have seen the promise of social networking as well.
Reuters
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Exxon is the most deeply involved in Russia of the U.S. majors.
Reuters
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It's just one example of what Johnson has endured in the majors.
Chicago sun times
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One of the chemistry majors had a complaint with the power company.
Wired
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Two years later, the Oakland A's called him up to the majors.
The new yorker
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But what role oil majors will play in the transition remains unclear.
Reuters
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Most college English majors have probably seen a copy of Shakespeare's Poems.
Wired
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Donald gave the two majors no more than a passing glance, however.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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Jack is the greatest champion of all time, according to the majors.
The Guardian
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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