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mainstays

NOUN

chief support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backbone bulwark linchpin pillar

STRONG

anchor brace buttress crutch maintainer prop sinew staff standby stay strength supporter sustainer upholder

WEAK

good right arm right-hand person

Example Sentences

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Blindsides are mainstays in films like this, just as in life, and tend to be followed by emotional fractures or wobbles of faith.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 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

The four mainstays of England's fast bowling over a number of years have 1,619 Test wickets between them.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Hip-hop, and its predecessor, rap, had become cultural mainstays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

By contrast, swine, mainstays of European agriculture, transmit anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann