mainstay
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Of course, such casting gimmickry has been a mainstay in the reality competition space for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
CBS, a mainstay of the broadcast television landscape, was once home to famed US journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the mainstay in Arteta's midfield this season has been box-to-box player Declan Rice, who has carried their title charge with his legs, lungs and ability from set-pieces.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
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
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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