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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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The therapeutic vaccine is unique and uses a new approach to treating cancer than mainstream treatments.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

“What we’ve done is build the trust, logistics, data and technology that allow that behavior to become a mainstream way millions of people shop.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

The focus now shifts to federal regulators who are working on their own frameworks to develop industry regulation and have expressed their willingness to accommodate crypto products in the mainstream financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Stablecoins, or digital tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar or other currencies, are gaining mainstream attention.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

In addition to serving as presidents, educators, and businessmen, the Ulster Scots instilled in mainstream US culture a strong set of Calvinism’s individualist values.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

After campaigns ended, they typically folded into the parties’ mainstreams and became leaders in subsequent electoral cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Each had previous experience in political office, and all fell within the ideological mainstreams of their respective parties.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2017

Radio formats created, I’ll argue in this book, multiple mainstreams: distinct, if at times overlapping, cultural centers.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2014

It’s an old-fashioned element of bohemianism to act as envoys between margins and mainstreams.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2013

Whether those volumes make their way into foreign mainstreams remains to be seen, read and discussed.

From Time Magazine Archive




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