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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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Dorothy said Sienna initially attended a mainstream nursery because no specialist placements were available, despite being non-verbal and having significant additional needs.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Some longtime crypto enthusiasts are souring on bitcoin as it goes mainstream, frustrated that it no longer provides the privacy they value.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Jenson and his parents credit his beekeeping hobby for his return to mainstream education.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

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

We’re telling blacks that we can fix some of our problems ourselves, that we don’t have to wait to be accepted into the white mainstream to have our day come.”

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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