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
That’s been the case for my mom’s stand mixer, which has been a mainstay in her kitchen since before I was born.
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Its portfolio has included college football and basketball, NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, a junior circuit of the stock car racing mainstay, and a similar up-and-comers subsidiary of the WWE in WWE NXT.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
The 14-win Hornets had neither their two best players, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, nor rotation mainstays Grant Williams, Tidjane Salaun, Tre Mann, and Josh Okogie.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
However, after leaving Wednesday’s Champions League game with an apparent knee injury, mainstay John Stones will be out for the foreseeable future – leaving another hole in a once solid and coherent wall.
Offensively, Arne Slot’s side leads the league with 60 goals ahead of City’s 52.
—Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Its portfolio has included college football and basketball, NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, a junior circuit of the stock car racing mainstay, and a similar up-and-comers subsidiary of the WWE in WWE NXT.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
The 14-win Hornets had neither their two best players, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, nor rotation mainstays Grant Williams, Tidjane Salaun, Tre Mann, and Josh Okogie.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
However, after leaving Wednesday’s Champions League game with an apparent knee injury, mainstay John Stones will be out for the foreseeable future – leaving another hole in a once solid and coherent wall.
Offensively, Arne Slot’s side leads the league with 60 goals ahead of City’s 52.
—Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainstay
Noun
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Other prominent commencement speakers who’ve been recently announced include actress Jane Seymour at High Point University, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) at Albion College, Today show anchor Al Roker at Siena College, and Grammy-winning performer Usher at Emory University . .—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Each anchor has a channel with two upward-bent grooves.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nvidia, the leader in the AI chip space, has been the backbone of the Mag 7′s performance over the past couple of years, with its stock surging nearly 1,800% over five years due to the AI boom.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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So those were all written into the backbone of the story, but then the modulation became my job of finding the inner world.—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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There he is befriended by Tommy, a seeming pillar of the community.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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Germany could be one of the countries most exposed to tariffs if they are implemented as exports are a key pillar for its economy.—
Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hermoso said her life has ‘been on standby’ since that moment.—
Richard Amofa,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Literally leading the charge here is that monstrous battery, which is reported to offer more than 6 months on standby, up to 289 hours of call time or 49 hours of video playback on the 6.8-inch display.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Mainstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainstay. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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