mainline
Example Sentences
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The service is installed on more than 300 of those planes but just 18 of its mainline jets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
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
Alexander told BBC Breakfast that BTP officers would increase visible patrols at mainline stations over the coming days "because I do understand that people will want to feel reassured following what happened".
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
On being told of Tilly’s existence by an interviewer for Variety, “Please stop,” she insisted, while demanding that mainline studios and talent agencies refrain from trafficking with AI actresses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Black Muslims came in many stripes, from mainline Nation of Islam to the splinter Five Percenters.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
