the mainstream
noun
: the thoughts, beliefs, and choices that are accepted by the largest number of people
His ideas are well outside the mainstream of political opinion.
the religious mainstream
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His radical approach to form and content is unlike anything usually campaigned for and championed in the mainstream.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Schatz is working off a playbook that assumes the courts, remade over the last two decades to be decidedly right-of-center, will stick to the law as the mainstream legal community has long interpreted it.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
The pop song launched the 22-year-old singer into the mainstream, and now he’s nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Schatz is working off a playbook that assumes the courts, remade over the last two decades to be decidedly right-of-center, will stick to the law as the mainstream legal community has long interpreted it.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
The pop song launched the 22-year-old singer into the mainstream, and now he’s nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
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“The mainstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20mainstream. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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