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
Examples of the mainstream in a Sentence
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Nearly 10 years on, an abundance of universe-hopping stories have entered the mainstream, all garnering their own praise and criticism.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 8 May 2024
Released in 1988, Surfer Rosa was an instant cult hit and helped launch the alternative-rock revolution that would take over the mainstream in the early Nineties.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Most of the mainstream apps, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Hinge, and The League, are owned by the Match Group.
—Essence, 7 May 2024
Wildly different yet sharing a common spirit of innovation, these films blurred the lines between the mainstream multiplex and the arthouse in ways previously unseen, influencing a new generation of filmmakers and audiences alike.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Those businesses might just help push VR headsets out of a slump and into the mainstream — but that will probably take a while.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 May 2024
There are no fewer than four, stretching from the base model’s conventional inline-four to the mainstream NX 350’s turbo four to the mild hybrid NX 350h before finally capping out with the plug-in hybrid NX 350h+.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
If anything, this time their anti-government rhetoric has only tightened its grasp on the mainstream.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 May 2024
This helped accelerate the diffusion of information from the underground into the mainstream, not only providing sophisticated consumers with an exciting stream of unfamiliar ideas but also breathing new life into mass culture.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
Megan McCluskey, TIME, 8 May 2024
Released in 1988, Surfer Rosa was an instant cult hit and helped launch the alternative-rock revolution that would take over the mainstream in the early Nineties.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Most of the mainstream apps, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Hinge, and The League, are owned by the Match Group.
—Essence, 7 May 2024
Wildly different yet sharing a common spirit of innovation, these films blurred the lines between the mainstream multiplex and the arthouse in ways previously unseen, influencing a new generation of filmmakers and audiences alike.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Those businesses might just help push VR headsets out of a slump and into the mainstream — but that will probably take a while.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 May 2024
There are no fewer than four, stretching from the base model’s conventional inline-four to the mainstream NX 350’s turbo four to the mild hybrid NX 350h before finally capping out with the plug-in hybrid NX 350h+.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
If anything, this time their anti-government rhetoric has only tightened its grasp on the mainstream.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 May 2024
This helped accelerate the diffusion of information from the underground into the mainstream, not only providing sophisticated consumers with an exciting stream of unfamiliar ideas but also breathing new life into mass culture.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
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“The mainstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20mainstream. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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