mainstay

Example Sentences

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They weren’t always the flashiest businesses, but they built the Baltimore company into a grocery store mainstay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Troubled singer-songwriters are a mainstay in the mythology of American roots music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Astros had been a mainstay atop the AL West for eight years — claiming seven division titles during that time — but now the division appears to be under new management.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

And for most of that time, sheep were the mainstay of the business.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson