mainstay in the PONS Dictionary

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They formed the duo which has become the mainstay of their career.
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The architecture artistic component was for him a mainstay of his art.
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Tourism has been the mainstay of the island's economy for the past forty years, the only other industry being agriculture.
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He knew of the profit potential that existed if the trend towards natural gas became mainstay, which did occur.
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The mainstays of agricultural production in the district are soya beans, wheat and maize.
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He sings and loves spoken word, but piano and keyboard have always been his mainstays.
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It is a mainstay of both the parade and concert band march repertoire.
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In 1808, he began creating "yakusha-e", and these were to become the mainstay of his production, making up 60 to 70% of his total works.
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The traditional mainstays of trial consulting remain important.
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In the 1870s grain farming became a mainstay of the local economy, which it still is.
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