mainstay
Example Sentences
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Prior to his work on Radio 2, Mills was a mainstay on Radio 1 - which he joined in 1998 - for decades.
From BBC
They weren’t always the flashiest businesses, but they built the Baltimore company into a grocery store mainstay.
"I see him being a big success for England and being a mainstay for years."
From BBC
Troubled singer-songwriters are a mainstay in the mythology of American roots music.
The Astros had been a mainstay atop the AL West for eight years — claiming seven division titles during that time — but now the division appears to be under new management.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
