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noun the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
a river having tributaries.
regular school classes or regular schools: keeping autistic students in the mainstream.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.: mainstream Republicans; a mainstream artist; mainstream media.
of, relating to, or characteristic of jazz falling historically between Dixieland and modern jazz; specifically, swing music. Compare traditional (def. 4).
verb (used with object) to send into the mainstream; cause to join the main force, group, etc.: to mainstream young people into the labor force.
to place (students with disabilities) in regular school classes.
verb (used without object) to join or be placed in the mainstream.
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Origin of mainstream First recorded in 1660–70; main1 + stream
Words nearby mainstream mainspring, main squeeze, mainstay, main stem, main store, mainstream , mainstream corporation tax, mainstreamer, mainstreaming, mainstream media, main street
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Example sentences from the Web for mainstream Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
For OK Go, the four-piece band from Chicago, mainstream success started with eight treadmills and a choreographed dance routine.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age | Lauren Schwartzberg| December 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sure, there are radicals in the LGBT community who really are opposed to mainstream values—and some of them are my friends!
Dear Evangelicals: You’re Being Had | Jay Michaelson| November 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Dispensaries feel comfortable getting on board with a mainstream shopping holiday.
Colorado Weed Dispensaries Celebrate ‘Green Friday’ | Abby Haglage| November 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Indeed, even today, this how most conflicts around the globe are still portrayed by much of the mainstream media.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust | J.P. O’Malley| November 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And where, for the first time, the American mainstream includes all of our disabled citizens.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 | Various
This species may have utilized the mainstream as a refugium in the drought of 1952-'56.
Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas | James Everett Deacon
Longnose gar were abundant in the mainstream of the Big Blue River but usually evaded capture.
Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas | W. L. Minckley
There is evidence that the theory of Nursing as Caring has entered the mainstream of nursing thought.
Nursing as Caring | Anne Boykin
With the return of continuous flow and a consequent rise in turbidity, bass declined in abundance in the mainstream .
Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas | James Everett Deacon
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British Dictionary definitions for mainstream noun the main current (of a river, cultural trend, etc) in the mainstream of modern literature (as modifier ) mainstream politics adjective of or relating to the style of jazz that lies between the traditional and the modern
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Words related to mainstream dominant, normal, average, primary, general, current, regular, common, standard, accepted, conventional, established, popular, predominant, typical, widespread
Cultural definitions for mainstream The prevailing current or direction of a movement or influence: “The candidate's speech represented the mainstream thinking on economic policy.”
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