mainstay

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Though rare outside of North America, the “two ways out” rule for mid-rises has been a mainstay of fire protection policy in this country and in Canada for the last century.

From Los Angeles Times

“Search has been the mainstay of the publishing business on the internet,” he said.

From New York Times

In early 2003, the government temporarily banned all wild animal sales after the outbreak of SARS, which studies indicate moved from bats to humans via palm civets, a mainstay of the meat trade.

From Science Magazine

Agriculture is a mainstay of the Italian economy.

From Seattle Times

President Vladimir Putin has aimed to make the Yars missile system, which replaced the Topol system, part of Russia's "invincible weapons" and the mainstay of the ground-based component of its nuclear arsenal.

From Reuters