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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The long-bubbling Houston rap scene finally took over the mainstream in 2005, getting the entire country invested in tippin’ on four-fours and sittin’ sideways. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025 And what has really changed is that ethnic cleansing has become a part of the mainstream public discourse. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025 Those practical challenges are just part of the reason seeing VistaVision come back into the mainstream in a big way may be unlikely. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025 Weiss made a career for herself as an op-ed staff editor at The New York Times before breaking off from the mainstream publication in 2020 and launching the Free Press. Antonio Ferme, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the mainstream

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“The mainstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20mainstream. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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