mainstream
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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
“It really has become much more mainstream in the last three months.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
After years of blowing spitballs at mainstream media, she was joining the cool kids’ table.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
He wants to conduct a number of mergers: the mainstream television station France 2 with the less-watched France 5; the two news channels France 24 and France Info; and overlapping local radio and television networks.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
In a religious context, cult refers to a relatively small group of people dedicated to a set of beliefs that are outside mainstream theology.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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