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Meanings of mainstay in English

Portuguese
ponto fulcral
Catalan
àncora

A central cohesive source of support and stability.

        ponto fulcral
        Portuguese
        pilar
        Catalan
        pilar
        Spanish
        sostén principal

        A prominent supporter.

              pilar
              Usage of mainstay in English
              1
              Of most concern is damage to agriculture, the mainstay of the economy.
              Reuters
              2
              However, the country's mainstay copper industry was mostly unharmed by the tremor.
              Reuters
              3
              Volunteers are the mainstay of many activities available to the disability sector.
              Radio NZ
              4
              Results: En bloc resection remains the mainstay of therapy with curative intent.
              Pubmed
              5
              Auto deals, the mainstay of the ABS market, attracted the most interest.
              Reuters
              6
              Replacing a billion dollar industry that's been a medical mainstay since 1940?
              Wired
              7
              Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for stage I and II thymoma.
              Pubmed
              8
              Preservation of visual function throughout treatment is the mainstay of therapeutic planning.
              Pubmed
              9
              They are the comfortable and well-educated mainstay of our modern Democratic party.
              The Guardian
              10
              He was a mainstay on Boxing News, which has just turned 100.
              The Guardian
              11
              It was he who had always been the mainstay, the dependable one.
              The Turtles of Tasman
              12
              The newspaper was a mainstay of the artistic movement known as futurism.
              The new yorker
              13
              Visit Website Single-length slings should be the mainstay of your sling collection.
              Climbing Magazine
              14
              While Dürer lived he was the mainstay of his family-fatherand brothers.
              Pictures Every Child Should Know / A Selection of the World's Ar...
              15
              Pemmican, though little used nowadays, was formerly the mainstay of the voyageurs.
              The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
              16
              Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment because adjuvant therapy is unproven.
              Pubmed
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              Translations for mainstay
              Mainstay through the time
              Mainstay across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common