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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost mainstream" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is close to being widely accepted or popular but has not fully reached that status yet.
Example: "The indie band has gained a significant following and is now almost mainstream, attracting attention from major record labels."
Alternatives: "nearly mainstream" or "borderline mainstream".
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He began at times to sound almost mainstream himself.
Price: from £125 Bluetooth headphones are almost mainstream.
At the same time, Pitchfork has grown broader and become proudly generalist, sometimes almost mainstream.
I mean, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown were almost mainstream.
There are stronger vocals and conventional – almost mainstream pop songwriting – and the musical template that dips into everything from dubstep to bhangra.
"The positions that have become almost mainstream, at least on the right, used to be extreme positions," Vin Weber, a Republican and a former congressman from Minnesota, told Bloomberg Television this month.
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Unfortunately, it comes at the end of a very long set in which almost everything ghastly about mainstream pop after about 1983 is exhumed.
Credited for turning video games into an almost-mainstream sport in recent years through its hit "League of Legends," Riot also is considering transforming its role at the center of e-sports — a position it has described as "awkward".
A whole ecosystem for this type of small business has developed almost without mainstream commerce noticing.
And it stands in opposition to almost everything mainstream society holds dear.
Blow job scenes, for example, are overly long in almost all mainstream content.
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