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Online prediction markets have rapidly broken into the mainstream in the United States, positioning themselves as an alternative to both traditional polling and licensed sports betting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Smart glasses are rapidly moving from a niche gadget to a mainstream consumer technology, increasingly being marketed as AI assistants rather than simply wearable cameras.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The ultimate guitarist’s guitarist, Beck reshaped the sound of guitar music without ever chasing mainstream commercial fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

With Parsons now adapting the Backrooms for a feature-length horror thriller, the strange fictive world is rapidly entering mainstream discourse.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Beethoven’s genius was to convert their modernity into something that would, in due course, become the mainstream.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

After campaigns ended, they typically folded into the parties’ mainstreams and became leaders in subsequent electoral cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Each had previous experience in political office, and all fell within the ideological mainstreams of their respective parties.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2017

At this point, the mainstreams of the major parties are pretty close together.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2016

Radio formats created, I’ll argue in this book, multiple mainstreams: distinct, if at times overlapping, cultural centers.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2014

Whether those volumes make their way into foreign mainstreams remains to be seen, read and discussed.

From Time Magazine Archive