mainline
Example Sentences
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There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
The tax burden would be disproportionately felt by progressive mainline Protestant churches, Black evangelical churches and immigrant-majority Catholic and Protestant congregations, not to mention immigrant-majority mosques and temples.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
In July, Alaska canceled dozens of flights, or about 10% of its mainline schedule, after a critical piece of hardware at a data center failed, bringing down airline systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
With that guidance, officials canceled plans to transfer most of the inmates to mainline prisons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
Meanwhile, evangelical Protestants are pulling closer to their mainline counterparts in class and education.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
