mainstream
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The trio, who had hits like Scandalous and One Night Stand, helped make the UK garage sound go mainstream, alongside the likes of Craig David, in the early 2000s.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“More mainstream people are going to be in on the R2, especially for the lower-priced models,” auto analyst Brian Moody said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
In fact, 42% of Americans use a VPN, making it no longer a niche privacy tool but a mainstream one.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab by Altman, Elon Musk and others, OpenAI burst into the mainstream with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
If it had been left to the Italians, classical music would have made it to the modern age without so much as a scratch, still completely mainstream, still loved by everyone.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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