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Recent Examples of nonmainstream
And when the filibuster threatened to block Gorsuch—that is, when it was poised to accomplish its alleged purpose of thwarting nonmainstream nominees—Republicans killed it.
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Mark Joseph Stern,
Slate Magazine,
7 Apr. 2017
Assaults against Western targets, churches and nonmainstream Islamic groups have preoccupied Indonesian security agencies for the past 15 years.
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Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2016
Mark Joseph Stern,
Slate Magazine,
7 Apr. 2017
Assaults against Western targets, churches and nonmainstream Islamic groups have preoccupied Indonesian security agencies for the past 15 years.
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Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmainstream
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With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric.
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With Any River, the Winos have refined those traits into a more cohesive group sound while remaining winningly idiosyncratic.
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The ballerina sneaker trend is just the latest in a line of kooky shoe creations that range from wearable to wildly out-there.
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This is also by far the coolest crowd at the festival, a sea of designer outfits, out-there silhouettes, fresh haircuts, and even bouquets of flowers.
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In the end, Levine’s profile of the nonconformist genius reveals just how superb a dancer Cole was.
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When personal finance tips resonate with a viewers’ values, everyday financial decision-making can become colored with politics and nonconformist sentiments.
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Mozeliak then spent the 2025 season in an unorthodox transition year with the Cardinals’ current president of baseball operations, Chaim Bloom.
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The purists were always going to take issue with a Prancing Horse that had an electric powertrain instead of snarling internal combustion engine, but its unorthodox design, courtesy of Jony Ivy’s LoveFrom studio, has received just as much criticism.
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Mauricio Pochettino has made the unconventional conventional since taking over as coach of the national team 18 months ago.
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Many shoppers are also moving beyond the classic round brilliant diamond in favor of geometric cuts, elongated shapes and unconventional settings.
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By then the alternate endings were a hot topic, and Rice pulled an outrageous stunt.
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In 2014, Messi began with that famously outrageous winner against Bosnia, arguably bettered it against Iran a few days later, with a splendid winner in stoppage time.
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Grief is one of the most confounding aspects of the human experience.
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In 2021, one year into D’Amaro’s tenure and following COVID shutdowns, Disney did away with FastPass and introduced a confounding and very costly series of pay-to-skip passes, which require timing advanced booking of limited slots in these formerly free-to-enter shorter lines.
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“Nonmainstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmainstream. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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