Definition of mainstream
: a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence
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As the investors become more mainstream, big asset managers like T. Rowe Price Group Inc., traditionally loath to push publicly for change, are more open to supporting them.
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Jordan’s comment feeds into what has been a growing war against mainstream media outlets, in the Trump era.
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Three decades after Chanel popularized the look, the neckline went more mainstream when Hubert de Givenchy designed what would become the ultimate LBD for Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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What was a network confined mostly to the right-wing media echo chamber has become mainstream for all the worst reasons.
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All of these factors must come together to drive the large-scale behavior change necessary for driverless cars to go mainstream.
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Now that trend has matured and gone mainstream, with a wide array of options that target all kinds of consumers.
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By Becky Krystal | The Washington Post Tofu has long since ceased to be a special ingredient, especially now that meatless eating has become mainstream.
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This is becoming mainstream, but also think about taking plastic bags at stores.
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First Known Use of mainstream
circa 1585
Definition of mainstream
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: to place (a student, such as a disabled child) in regular school classes
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: to incorporate in the mainstream
Examples of mainstream in a Sentence
The poor should be mainstreamed into the private health-insurance system.
Ideas that were once controversial have now become mainstreamed.
Recent Examples of mainstream from the Web
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Later that fall, the therapist noted that Cruz was going to be mainstreamed full-time beginning in January.
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With the legality no longer posing any sort of ethical barrier, there's no longer a need to wink, and sports gambling probably will be mainstreamed in a way that will be apparent to both gamblers and fans who've never placed a bet in their lives.
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Military men and women were coming home with new tattoos after time spent at war or at sea, mainstreaming tattoos like never before.
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The Clintons, both Chelsea and her mother Hillary, have a very odd habit of insulting a broad swath of America by saying President Trump has mainstreamed hate.
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Later that fall, the therapist noted that Cruz was going to be mainstreamed full-time beginning in January.
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Since 1975, when the federal government enacted the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990 — youngsters with serious health problems have been mainstreamed into public schools.
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Get our daily newsletter A broad range of tools is available to help mainstream companies build anything from search and recommendation engines to speech-recognition and translation systems, customer-service bots and more.
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Later that fall, the therapist noted that Cruz was going to be mainstreamed full-time beginning in January.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mainstream.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of mainstream
1974
Other Education Terms
MAINSTREAM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of mainstream for English Language Learners
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: to place (a child with special educational needs) in regular school classes
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: to cause (someone or something) to be included in or accepted by the group that includes most people
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of mainstream
: relating to or being tobacco smoke that is drawn (as from a cigarette) directly into the mouth of the smoker and is usually inhaled into the lungs — compare sidestream
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