mainstay
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Now 25, Katz says, her daughter is watching the 21-year-old ABC network mainstay “as if it’s new all over again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The mainstay automotive segment booked an operating margin of 2.3%, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Agriculture and farming are a mainstay of North Dakota’s economy.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Smithsonian Institution, founded nearly two centuries ago, is a Washington mainstay whose 21 museums are largely dedicated to US history and culture, as well as art.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Millions of acres of forests were sprayed instead of thou sands as before, in an effort to save the balsams, which are the mainstay of the pulp and paper industry.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward drinks are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
But it’s causing a stir in Hollywood because we’re losing some mainstays of the show, and that’s writing for a variety series, but also taking a big hit is the limited series or movie categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The two winners will sit in New York’s Celebrity Row, a section that typically features mainstays like Ben Stiller, Fat Joe and Timothee Chalamet.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Blindsides are mainstays in films like this, just as in life, and tend to be followed by emotional fractures or wobbles of faith.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
By contrast, swine, mainstays of European agriculture, transmit anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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