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Discover LudwigThe word 'mainstay' is a correct and commonly used term in written English
It can be used as a noun to refer to a person, thing, or idea that is the most important or central element of something, providing stability and support. Example: "The tourism industry is the mainstay of the economy in this small town."
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"The chicken costume is a mainstay," tweeted Bertram.
The battle is in part political, in part organisational and in part about the mainstay of politics – the people.
So there'd be no Don't Look Back In Anger (currently a mainstay of Noel's solo sets), no Acquiesce, no Masterplan.
However, BAE warned this week that 2012 earnings could be hit if an agreement is not reached with Saudi Arabia in the next two months Aerospace is the mainstay of BAE's UK operations and its 35,000 British employees, accounting for around 55% of British sales.
Noting that fish and shellfish are today widely recognized by physicians as vital to our health, Greenberg writes: By all rights this most healthy of food should be an American mainstay.
According to Campbell, the haunting images of starving people – especially children – that have long been the mainstay of famine reporting, may do more harm than good.
Despite threatening to leave every year since 2013, Louis Walsh – whose hair is oddly more luxuriant and his skin tauter than ever – is the lineup's only mainstay, with T-shirts baring his catchphrase of "You're the new [insert old soul singer's name here]' becoming a Christmas must-have.
It is the mainstay of the modern internet economy: targeted advertising and recommendation systems.
The NCAA has been a mainstay in downtown Indianapolis since 1999, when it relocated from its Kansas location in part because of a rich public-private investment deal from the city to establish the headquarters.
Under Rodgers, the much-maligned £20m signing Jordan Henderson has gone from a perceived waste of money to a mainstay of the Liverpool midfield and a possible England World Cup starter.
With his track record of espousing reconciliation – as mayor of Nicosia's Turkish-controlled sector, Akinci collaborated closely with his Greek Cypriot counterpart on a number of projects in the capital – the new Turkish Cypriot leader is seen as the one man willing to take on his pariah state's protector and economic mainstay: Turkey.
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