mainstream
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“I started the club back when fragrance’s popularity was still pretty niche, and now seeing it move into the mainstream is really exciting,” says Washington-Harmon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
He has made it more mainstream to think outside what is regarded as the natural order of players and positions.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
As a result, these artists were outsiders within an outsider community, Thurston explained, people who didn’t quite fit into mainstream American culture or traditional Jewish life in America.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Since their debut in 2018, the group have made a name for themselves, not only in the K-pop world but breaking into the mainstream.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
This paper—which explained the photoelectric effect, brought quantum mechanics into the mainstream.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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