Word Finder - mainstream

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The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

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(usually with the) That which is common; the norm.

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His ideas were well outside the mainstream, but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.

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To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.

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To become mainstream.

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To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

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Mainstreaming has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many mainstreamed students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-mainstreamed counterparts.

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Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.

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They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.

Unlike the mainstream parties we do not have rich financial backers.

Video games have become much more mainstream since the introduction of the cell phone, because nearly everyone is looking for a casual distraction while riding on the bus, waiting at the doctor's office, or just wasting some time at home.

The downside is that you're basically on the fringe of mainstream society.

The majority of children who have disability attend mainstream classrooms in government schools.

It's great to be among this community mostly ignored by the mainstream.

The spoken word is kept to an absolute minimum, defying the usual cacophony that one is used to within the Hollywood mainstream.

Organic food has gone from being seen as a slightly cranky obsession of an eccentric few and touched the mainstream.

Something is also keeping ibogaine from the medical mainstream.

Only a few blogs (and almost no mainstream media) have realized the truth about Iranian madman Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush.

The mafias have not yet, as they have in some EC countries, successfully infiltrated mainstream politics.

The academic mainstream still clings to its dismissal of class.

Isis miniseries - " Water, water, everywhere " 2. Homeopathy Enters the Mainstream Homeopathy is entering the mainstream in the UK.

That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker.

Although mainstream stores are expanding their product offerings, for the best selection of Chinese food, drinks, and spices you will want to try an ethnic grocery store.

However, this designer may be difficult to find in mainstream stores.

While the first mainstream tattoos were small, delicate and confined to discreet areas of the body, lower back tats have surged forward to become the most popular tattoo amongst women.

Most others are either retired, outside mainstream academia or tied to the fossil fuel industry.

View Range Compare Product Range Betacam SP Betacam SP is a global mainstream analog broadcast standard.

In 2001 children who have disability in mainstream classrooms represented 2.37 per cent of the total student population of just over four million.

Horizon has a tendency to side with the more conservative wing of science, effectively debunking theories that venture beyond the mainstream.

It is, he says, the only mainstream denomination which is taking the problems of ethnic Asian congregations seriously.

Our protest reflects mainstream distaste at a long military occupation.

What mainstream economists view as ' market failures ', I view as ' organizational successes ' .

The basis of your on-list interpretations of the texts should be consistent with mainstream Egyptology.

This section of the health system resource guide provides examples and tools to mainstream gender in the delivery of health system delivery.

The School is fully committed to mainstream geology (with emphasis on the applied aspects) in addition to the marine geosciences.

She has the same mainstream style and will go on, like Diana, to get more glamorous.

The Euston group, like the mainstream anti-war movement, appears incapable of grasping the world in its many-sided complexity.

Outreach strategies developed and used to facilitate integration into the mainstream school will be described.

Thus, he said, the ideal situation would be a joining of forces between the mainstream press and citizen journalists.

By way of this culture, Estonia entered the mainstream of the Occident.

However, his stance must never become the mainstream in terms of progressive opinion.

The Collins solo project, plaintive and bouncy in equal measure, hit the pop mainstream like a train.

To many people, this instantly set off alarm bells with the fans claiming he had sold out by " going mainstream " .

It's not too late for Britain to restore its natural authority on a subject which Margaret Thatcher first brought into the political mainstream.

Friday night's club is " Garage ", while Saturday's is the more mainstream and crowded of the two nights.

For example, students have the opportunity to examine contemporary mainstream and independent American cinema, European cinema, and British cinema.

Then realize that in the scheme of things, these people are widely considered to be fairly mainstream.

Green Party policies that were once considered marginal are becoming mainstream.

This new series contains the most focused resources for the ' mainstream ' modules of the new AS and A-level maths courses.

General friendly and compliant, the mainstream media neglects to report arrests and protests unless there's a violent photo-opportunity.

The mainstream might have abandoned Lynch in favor of other oddballs du jour, but he still has something to say.

Not only does mainstream research on high altitude physiology support this premise, but we have experienced it ourselves.

Moreover, the current electoral system has long been criticized for failing to represent mainstream public opinion.

Ten Year Trends Ten Year Trend type stats are very popular with mainstream TV pundits.

It would have cost Phoenix in excess of £ 25,000 to achieve this level of 4-week quitters through the mainstream service.

Value for money is high on the Caliber's list of attributes, undercutting mainstream rivals by a healthy margin.

Most mainstream schools are now committed to meeting special needs.

The majority of pupils with SEN in mainstream schools are receiving such support in class.

I am doing a project on finding out whether children with autism are better in a special school or in mainstream schooling.