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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At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses. —

Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 The first signing is G-Dragon, who is credited with bringing K-pop to the mainstream with his start in the boy band BIGBANG. —

Thania Garcia, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 Music seems to be connecting with people on a deeper level, outside of the mainstream even, and there’s a lot of freedom to create more authentically. —

Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024 Among those firms' goals is advancing legislation that would propel stablecoins, crypto tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar, into the mainstream. —

Hannah Lang, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the mainstream

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