as in anchor
something or someone to which one looks for support
Mom has been our mainstay in this crisis
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Recent Examples of mainstay
Under Reid, the Eagles became one of the regular season juggernauts of the NFC and a mainstay in the playoffs.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez has been a mainstay in the 2025 awards season, receiving 13 Oscar nominations — the most of any nominee this year — and breaking the Academy’s record for most nominations for a non-English-language film.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Feb. 2025
Nixon went on to victory, and law and order has been a mainstay of GOP appeals ever since.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
For decades, the Caribbean Series has been a battle between the four mainstays of the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez has been a mainstay in the 2025 awards season, receiving 13 Oscar nominations — the most of any nominee this year — and breaking the Academy’s record for most nominations for a non-English-language film.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Feb. 2025
Nixon went on to victory, and law and order has been a mainstay of GOP appeals ever since.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
For decades, the Caribbean Series has been a battle between the four mainstays of the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainstay
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The Crossroads, with its First Friday celebrations and numerous food and beverage options, seemed like the perfect place to drop anchor.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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Hunter, fisherman, chef and award-winning author Jesse Griffiths and Tamara Mayfield opened Dai Due restaurant and butcher shop in 2014 as an outgrowth of their popular supper club and farmers market stand, and the seasonal and local ethos of a farmers market is the anchor of this rustic beauty.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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On the other side of the screen, Ukrainians die, lose territory, see apartment blocks reduced to rubble, consider desertion, and watch the backbone of their western support dissolve.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Peychaud’s Bitters, all cherry and anise as opposed to Angostura Bitters’ cinnamon and clove, combines with the herbal pop of absinthe and the spicy backbone of the rye to create something wholly new.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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Foundational pillars of our culture and our history came through so much sacrifice and so much collective experience.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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The team behind new research on the topic suggests that measuring whether gravitational waves from black hole mergers are right- or left-handed can tell us if the Cosmological Principle — an absolute pillar of astronomy — holds true.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Environmental lawyers are also on standby for any directives issued in the future that could violate existing environmental laws, according to several sources familiar with the lawsuits already being prepared against the Trump administration.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Medical teams in Nome are on standby for any potential survivors, according to the Norton Sound Health Corporation.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Mainstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainstay. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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