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Just when critics thought that playing loud characters was his mainstay, he proved them wrong by delivering a mesmerising performance in Khamoshi as a person who could not hear or speak.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Migrant workers and vacationers are FlyDubai’s mainstay customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ishan Kishan was India's mainstay with a crafted 80 not out, including five sixes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stowing cash in a high-yield account became a mainstay of financial advice on TikTok.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 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

Warner and Paramount were mainstays of Hollywood’s golden era, but streaming brought tough competition from technology companies such as Netflix and Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Circularity and self-referentiality are mainstays in Cowin’s work, wry disruptor that she is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward beverages are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Curry and Daly have both been hit by long injury lay-offs over the past year, while Roebuck and Lawrence have fallen out of favour after previously being mainstays of the side.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Her in-laws were mainstays of the town’s Negro elite.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly