mainstream
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Back when late-night TV sets were still the primary route for a comedian to reach a mainstream audience, Ari Shaffir found a different way to make his mark.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
At the beginning of the 20th century, a new set of first principles of government was introduced into the American mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Reporters for mainstream and right-wing outlets alike admitted they had no idea why the first lady chose that particular moment to go on the record about her relationship with the deceased financier.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
He loved to thumb his nose at the mainstream, at the "Brussels bureaucrats".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
With its soaring steeples, stained glass windows and chiming bells, it was a way more mainstream affair than the little white clapboard number that had spirited Stan away.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Vocabulary lists containing mainstream
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