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mainline

[meyn-lahyn, -lahyn] / ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn, -ˈlaɪn /
ADJECTIVE
principal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dominant key leading main major outstanding paramount predominant preeminent primary prime prominent
STRONG
arch capital cardinal champion chief essential first head maximum premier sovereign star superior
WEAK
controlling crowning foremost greatest highest incomparable matchless peerless prevailing second to none stellar strongest supereminent supreme transcendent unapproachable unequaled unparalleled unrivaled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inconspicuous inessential inferior insignificant last lesser minor nonessential ordinary secondary subordinate trivial unimportant unknown
STRONG
auxiliary least lower poor
WEAK
extra
VERB
inject
Synonyms
STRONGEST
vaccinate
STRONG
inoculate jab shoot
WEAK
give a shot
Antonyms
WEAK
take out

Example Sentences

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In the 2025 spending review, the Department of Transport secured £41m to introduce low earth orbit satellite connectivity on all mainline trains by 2030.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

The tax burden would be disproportionately felt by progressive mainline Protestant churches, Black evangelical churches and immigrant-majority Catholic and Protestant congregations, not to mention immigrant-majority mosques and temples.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

With that guidance, officials canceled plans to transfer most of the inmates to mainline prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Relatives of the inmates’ victims are divided over altering regulations to ensure the convicts go to Florence, rather than to the mainline prisons their disciplinary records called for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

But over the last forty years, evangelicals have pulled steadily closer in income and education to mainline Protestants in the historically affluent establishment denominations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times