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Safety is not the only barrier to bringing gene editing into mainstream healthcare.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Door decorating is a thing on all mainstream cruise lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
But it now has a much more mainstream usage, as a playful put-down or a compliment, depending on the context.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
And there are still some members of the mainstream media who are not doing their job.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
How did the fact enter the mainstream of English-language intellectual life?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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After campaigns ended, they typically folded into the parties’ mainstreams and became leaders in subsequent electoral cycles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Each had previous experience in political office, and all fell within the ideological mainstreams of their respective parties.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2017
Radio formats created, I’ll argue in this book, multiple mainstreams: distinct, if at times overlapping, cultural centers.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2014
It’s an old-fashioned element of bohemianism to act as envoys between margins and mainstreams.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2013
Nor does it necessarily appeal even to sophisticated tastes; it is for those who prefer mountain brooks to mainstreams.
From Time Magazine Archive
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