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something or someone to which one looks for support
Mom has been our mainstay in this crisis
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Recent Examples of mainstays
The absence of Otis and the other fat bear mainstays has been another difficult reality that fans have grappled with this year.
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Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
With cultural mainstays like rice extract and buzzy compounds like several types of hyaluronic acid, these formulations offer more than straightforward sun protection.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
Both sisters have been mainstays in the film and television industry ever since.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Even the mainstays have acknowledged that things will be different this year.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
This one is dry, driven by raspberries and strawberries with more concentration than a simple quaff and enough structure to stand up to something like Chicken Tandoori, Keema (Lamb) or other Indian mainstays.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
With cultural mainstays like rice extract and buzzy compounds like several types of hyaluronic acid, these formulations offer more than straightforward sun protection.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
Both sisters have been mainstays in the film and television industry ever since.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Even the mainstays have acknowledged that things will be different this year.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
This one is dry, driven by raspberries and strawberries with more concentration than a simple quaff and enough structure to stand up to something like Chicken Tandoori, Keema (Lamb) or other Indian mainstays.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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