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mainstay

[meyn-stey] / ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ /


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A mainstay throughout Walsh's career has been best friend and team-mate Williamson, who played alongside her in England's youth teams.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

These included developers of Shahed attack drones, a mainstay in recent attacks by Iran on its Gulf neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, the casualties of war include mainstay growth stock funds.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Troubled singer-songwriters are a mainstay in the mythology of American roots music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Millions of acres of forests were sprayed instead of thou sands as before, in an effort to save the balsams, which are the mainstay of the pulp and paper industry.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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