Collocations for "mainstream"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mainstream" in context.
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mainstream
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- mainstream [music, entertainment, media, press, fiction]
- mainstream [schools, education, politics]
- mainstream [technology, services, approaches]
- a mainstream [band, artist, singer]
- the [band] went mainstream
- appeals to a mainstream [public, audience, market]
- appeals to mainstream [America, Britain, Spain]
- is not very mainstream
- is too mainstream for [me, my liking, my taste]
- try to be more mainstream
- the mainstream of [music, politics, show business]
- the mainstream of [British] [music]
- [verged, turned, encroached] into the mainstream (of politics)
- implement new [ideas, concepts, programs] into the mainstream
- his [work, music, art] is part of the mainstream
- an opinion [echoed, held, carried] by the mainstream
- has [strayed, veered, moved] away from the mainstream
- doesn't [identify, associate, mix] with the mainstream
'mainstream' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):