mainline
Example Sentences
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The service is installed on more than 300 of those planes but just 18 of its mainline jets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The genius of hit songs, beyond technical artistry—and the vagaries of timing—is the ability to mainline emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”
From Salon • May 19, 2025
Like many other evangelicals, some members attend churches that adhere to evangelical doctrine but that remain affiliated with mainline denominations.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
