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mainstream

[mayn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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Safety is not the only barrier to bringing gene editing into mainstream healthcare.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Door decorating is a thing on all mainstream cruise lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But it now has a much more mainstream usage, as a playful put-down or a compliment, depending on the context.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Once in a while, maybe even daily, I’ll see some headline from a mainstream news organization that makes me cringe.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

I was a child of the mainstream, and this was an asset.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2014

It’s an old-fashioned element of bohemianism to act as envoys between margins and mainstreams.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2013

"Marriage, as it exists today, is antithetical to my liberation as a lesbian and as a woman, because it mainstreams my life and voice," she says.

From Time Magazine Archive


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