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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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Speaking of Stan’s Bucky Barnes, is there any hope that anything in the program might break out of the art house and into the mainstream?

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

That launch brought AI to the consumer mainstream, touching off a mad scramble for tech companies to update their AI plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Kennedy has long promoted views that challenge mainstream public health consensus, including support for expanded access to raw milk.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

"Hojicha feels like where matcha was two or three years ago," Siddique says, "it's moving from niche to mainstream quite quickly."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Indeed, one of the reasons musicians from all over Europe flocked to hear Wagner’s music dramas at Bayreuth in the 1870s was because they were so radically out of step with the mainstream.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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