mainline

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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Maybach was reorganized as Mercedes-Maybach—a sub-brand building small numbers of technically evolved, superluxury variants of mainline products.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

It could have come to life as a lesser kind of Ferrari, a diminished derivative of one of the company’s mainline GT cars, with a turbocharged V8 under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In the 2025 spending review, the Department of Transport secured £41m to introduce low earth orbit satellite connectivity on all mainline trains by 2030.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Alexander told BBC Breakfast that BTP officers would increase visible patrols at mainline stations over the coming days "because I do understand that people will want to feel reassured following what happened".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

But over the last forty years, evangelicals have pulled steadily closer in income and education to mainline Protestants in the historically affluent establishment denominations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times