Sentence examples for near mainstream from inspiring English sources

Over the past decade, China's alternative-rock scene has grown from marginal, with bands playing shows to a hundred Beijing teen-agers, to a near mainstream phenomenon, with festivals attracting more than a hundred thousand people.

It's nowhere near mainstream due to its newness, device costs, and a general lack of content that could help encourage consumer adoption for entertainment purposes outside of gaming.

But, given the device's high price and poor reputation, Glass hasn't become anywhere near mainstream.

At their best, the Civil Wars tapped into something timeless and fundamental that could unite the Nashville establishment and the kind of people who would never ordinarily go near mainstream country.

Most of these people are now integrated – often uneasily – in or near mainstream society, but there are also an estimated 77 small tribes who live in at least partial isolation deep in the Amazon, some still hunting with blowpipes and poisoned darts.

It has been quite exciting to see stories break before some of the major news media outlets and to watch blogs gain near mainstream status.

Votypka was unequivocal about Ubisoft's approach to virtual reality, which is nearing mainstream acceptance via well-publicised headsets like the Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus and HTC Vive, but has yet to see a commercial release.

Still, Redlich and his counterpart on the other side of the near-mainstream, Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, may have acquitted themselves best, or at least in a way that was both thoughtful and true to their constituencies.

DANCENOWFEST 2001 Just about everybody in dance, from near-mainstream to the new, participates in this event, considered the traditional opening of the dance season for seven years now.

But how can Apple, with its premium pricing and near-mainstream status, maintain its Top 10 Breakaway Brands ranking for the second year in a row, and during a serious recession, no less?

Even a handful of years ago, who among us would have predicted the near-mainstream acceptance, at least on some level, of sustainable ideals?