mainstream
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All along, the moment shows, capable thinkers have still been able to find doors into the mainstream media, not to mention doors to new kinds of visibility via YouTube, X and Substack.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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 film arrives at a time when discussions about unidentified aerial phenomena, government transparency and artificial intelligence have moved from the fringes of popular culture into mainstream debate.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
“It’s not about anything real. Like, it’s not set in mainstream society or anything.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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