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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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Thirty two years ago, the first World Cup to be staged in the US helped propel the sport into the mainstream.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab by Altman, Elon Musk and others, OpenAI burst into the mainstream with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

I’ve watched the sport’s slow rise to the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The singer feels remarkably relaxed about his fame for an artist on the path to mainstream success.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of people are released from prison every year, only to find themselves locked out of the mainstream society and economy.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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