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mainstay

[meyn-stey] / ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ /


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The traditional move would be to turn to direct indexing, a form of tax-loss harvesting that has been an investing mainstay since the early 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The sketch-comedy mainstay remains a ratings juggernaut, and the version it recently exported to the United Kingdom was renewed Thursday for a second season.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Piled high with chicken fingers, chicken wings, spare ribs and teriyaki skewers crowded around a blue Sterno flame, Pu Pu Platters are a beloved menu mainstay throughout the six states.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Field is also high on German armaments mainstay Rheinmetall, Morningstar’s top pick in a European defense sector that has counterintuitively declined as the U.S. depletes munitions in the Persian Gulf.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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




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