mainstay
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Agriculture and farming are a mainstay of North Dakota’s economy.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Gallows humor, another military mainstay, plays a similar role, allowing service members to literally laugh at death.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jordan Pickford is the goalkeeping mainstay, but the defence is unsettled, Tuchel starting with Stones and Konsa in the 4-2 win against Croatia.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Launched in 1970, Garry Trudeau’s comic strip would become a mainstay of American politics and culture, remaining so for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
The film is directed by Jon Erwin, one of the in-house Angel Studios mainstays, who also helmed “Jesus Revolution,” “I Still Believe” and “I Can Only Imagine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Kobliner went through three mainstays from her book with MarketWatch to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
Designers like Simone Rocha, Tolu Coker and Roksanda have become fashion week mainstays after making their debut on the NewGen catwalk.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift — whose big-budget tour spectacles received theatrical releases — to Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish’s more modest streaming affairs, tour documentaries and concert films have become modern mainstays.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Her in-laws were mainstays of the town’s Negro elite.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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