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  • adjective Not mainstream.

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non- +‎ mainstream

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Examples

  • The protests were expected to boost nonmainstream parties at Sunday's vote.

    Vote Jars Spain's Ruling Socialists Jonathan House 2011

  • But I can tell you with a degree of certainty today, in terms of alternative pain management or alternative medicines, the Army has left few stones unturned in terms of looking at everything from acupuncture to other forms of therapy that are, in some regards, nonmainstream.

    How The U.S. Military Handles Suicidal Soldiers 2010

  • In the aftermath of September 11, conspiracy theories abound on the Internet and in the nonmainstream press.

    Capitol Letter: The 'Trust Us' Presidency 2007

  • "The fact is that the history and tradition of the White House have been much more open and accepting" of nonmainstream journalists than other Washington institutions, such as the Congress, says Ari Fleischer, Mr. McClellan's predecessor to the Wall Street Journal.

    02/25/2005 2005

  • Moreover, mature and liberal Western societies must be expected to accept the higab as much as they accept any other form of nonmainstream attire as part of the freedom of individual choice that forms the bedrock of our liberty.

    International Mail Call: The Politics Of Dress 2007

  • Its deliberate spin to counter the deliberate spin the GOP has used to "frame" Pelosi as the "San Francisco liberal" and all the nonmainstream values that are associated with such a creature, It might be annoying to play the grandmother card but I think some counter to the GOP spin is necessary and I think this is effective.

    Must we keep calling Nancy Pelosi a grandmother? Ann Althouse 2006

  • "The police want to accredit as few reporters as possible, and they make it exceedingly hard for nonmainstream reporters to get press passes," he said.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL POWELL 2011

  • The Shape Shoppe (Rodriguez says the name evolved from a friend's story about a suburban shave shop) hosted acts covering a major swath of the nonmainstream musical spectrum, from experimental jazz combos to the art-damaged freak ravers of Baltimore's Wham City scene.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The program pointedly covers issues that career-cowed mainstream and even most nonmainstream broadcast media people flat-out can't or simply refuse to touch.

    - 911truth.org 2008

  • "They were the hippie kids, the nonmainstream kids," she said.

    Jackson Free Press - Breaking News 2008

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