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mainstream

[meyn-streem] / ˈmeɪnˌstrim /


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For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Increasingly, mainstream Israeli opposition politicians also raised doubts.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

A 1952 appearance on Ed Sullivan’s television show “launched her mainstream success,” according to the authors; over the balance of that decade she became the black performer “most frequently appearing on American television.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“A headline cycle like this is exactly the kind of thing that could slow momentum with mainstream buyers, even if early adopters don’t blink,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Activist critiques like those from Denny and Deloria have had relatively little impact on mainstream archaeologists and anthropologists.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Musically, Taylor is a fusion of the three black and white mainstreams of pop: the lonely twang of country, the pithy narrative of folk and the rhythmic melancholy of blues.

From Time Magazine Archive




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