mainstay

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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

Scams have become a "mainstay" of modern crime and are "increasingly difficult to investigate because of their transnational nature", said Jeffery Chin, deputy director at the police Scam Public Education Office.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Buttler, who signed a new two-year central contract last year, has been a mainstay of England's white-ball teams for more than a decade.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson