mainstay

Example Sentences

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But the goal this spring is for him to cement himself as a mainstay in the club’s pitching rotation.

From Los Angeles Times

Buttler, who signed a new two-year central contract last year, has been a mainstay of England's white-ball teams for more than a decade.

From BBC

Charreadas remain a mainstay throughout Mexico and in Mexican American communities north of the border.

From Los Angeles Times

Sheep, and in particular wool, were a mainstay of the Australian economy for much of the past 150 years, feeding into the notion by the 1950s that Australia "rode on the sheep's back".

From Barron's

The soulful pop-rock love song has been a mainstay on the singles chart since its release last June, previously peaking at number five three times.

From BBC