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mainstream

[mayn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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With mainstream arenas shutting them out, White credits Trump with saving the organisation by hosting two UFC events at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2001.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Safety is not the only barrier to bringing gene editing into mainstream healthcare.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Door decorating is a thing on all mainstream cruise lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

And there are still some members of the mainstream media who are not doing their job.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

These all look like signs that inmates, though segregated in prison, still considered themselves a part of mainstream society in some way.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

After campaigns ended, they typically folded into the parties’ mainstreams and became leaders in subsequent electoral cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Each had previous experience in political office, and all fell within the ideological mainstreams of their respective parties.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2017

At this point, the mainstreams of the major parties are pretty close together.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2016

Radio formats created, I’ll argue in this book, multiple mainstreams: distinct, if at times overlapping, cultural centers.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2014

Musically, Taylor is a fusion of the three black and white mainstreams of pop: the lonely twang of country, the pithy narrative of folk and the rhythmic melancholy of blues.

From Time Magazine Archive


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