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Recent Examples of league
Noun
Fans still looking to tune into the All-Star Game can catch the league’s top players square off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Truist Park, and the game will air on FOX. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025 The team will take a six-game winning streak into the second half of the season when league play resumes on Aug. 1. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
Verb
Since it was created by ESPN (which remains a minority investor after selling the majority stake in 2022), the series received top billing alongside the major team leagues that its networks and over-the-air sibling ABC telecasted daily. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2025 In huge news for girls, gays, and especially gay girls who love basketball, there’s a new hoops league in town, and a full 50% of the players are LGBTQ+. Ana Osorno, Them, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for league
Recent Examples of Synonyms for league
Noun
  • The organization’s musical repertoires have grown exponentially over the years to include tens of millions of works, giving music users more music and more choice, the spokesperson said.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
  • Many of the local organizations Best Friends Animal Society is working with on the ground are operating based on donations and there are wish lists available online for anyone interested in purchasing specific things needed by shelters on the ground.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • And their coalition is divided between a centrist establishment and an insurgent progressive wing with diverging priorities in addressing inequality.
    Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
  • The coalition reached the fundraising goal on the final day.
    Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The driver, identified only as a man, stopped at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to buck Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a pledge not to cooperate with them on Tuesday.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Robin has also collaborated with Francesco Caracciolo di Marano on Robicara, a collection of custom furniture and accessories.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • Outside of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Cameron collaborated with Zach Hill and Janet Weiss on a 2013 album called Drumgasm.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • As passed by the House in late May, the One Big Beautiful Bill (its Trumpian name) increased the current 1.4% excise tax on college endowments’ investment earnings to as high as 21% for the richest institutions—those with endowments worth more than $2 million a student.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • His dismissive attitude emanates from Oasis’ heyday, when the band was being feted regularly with awards primarily from British institutions.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition, Woodard was a member of a players’ union, the United Basketball Players Association.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2025
  • Staff employee unions at outlets including The New York Times and Politico have raised concerns about whether recent deals with AI companies violate employee contracts about AI use.
    Marta Biino, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Allegiant does not tolerate disruptive behavior of any kind.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • There are three holidays when alcohol of any kind is prohibited from being sold in Tennessee.
    Jordan Green, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • But the urge to denigrate public education has become one of those odd obsessions that unite the nutty left and kooky right.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Release date: May 5, 2023 Cast: Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Sean Gunn For the final hoorah, the Guardians unite to defend the universe one last time in their biggest space mission yet.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 3 July 2025

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“League.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/league. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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