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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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Just ask the 26-year-olds from the class of 2022 who graduated before ChatGPT’s mainstream release later that year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

The concept of loading up on protein isn’t new per se — it first took off in the late twentieth century when diet and fitness cultures had both gone mainstream.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Cramp himself was an okay guy, if you’re into the golden-haired, completely mainstream, totally successful type.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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