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Most recently, the star of “The West Wing” has been a mainstay on Fox’s campy disaster series “9-1-1.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Just when critics thought that playing loud characters was his mainstay, he proved them wrong by delivering a mesmerising performance in Khamoshi as a person who could not hear or speak.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

His viral story took AI doomerism—long a mainstay of Silicon Valley debate—mainstream in a way that surprised the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Mariska Hargitay has been a mainstay on television as Capt. Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Millions of acres of forests were sprayed instead of thou sands as before, in an effort to save the balsams, which are the mainstay of the pulp and paper industry.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Many of Halloween’s biggest mainstays started much more modestly—as ideas from entrepreneurs and small businesses that caught on, spread and eventually became traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward beverages are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

But it’s causing a stir in Hollywood because we’re losing some mainstays of the show, and that’s writing for a variety series, but also taking a big hit is the limited series or movie categories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Kobliner went through three mainstays from her book with MarketWatch to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

And one of the mainstays of Franklin’s printing business was the publication of Indian treaties, viewed then as critical state documents.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann