mainstream counterpart

collocation in English

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mainstream
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/
considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by ...
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counterpart
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.tə.pɑːt/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.pɑːrt/
a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place ...
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(Definition ofmainstreamandcounterpartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She is very similar to hermainstreamcounterpart.
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This version incorporates traits from hismainstreamcounterpartsuch as breaking the fourth wall, a teleportation device, and an implied healing factor.
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He is an idealist and a pacifist, but less saintly than hismainstreamcounterpart.
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Like hismainstreamcounterpart, he has a drinking problem and life-threatening affliction; in this case an inoperable brain tumor.
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Like hermainstreamcounterpart, she can absorb mutant powers.
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The origins and the extent of his powers are never explained, but is very much similar to hismainstreamcounterpart.
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Like hismainstreamcounterpart, he has the ability to alter his features to imitate any individual, although this ability stems from his clay-like malleable features rather than any technological advantages.
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Thirdly, we want to encourage more special schools to participate in cluster and twining arrangements with mainstream counterparts.
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The best of them possess so much lacerating wit and unswerving commitment that they fairly shame their hidebound mainstream counterparts into retirement.
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However, feminist health centers remain distinct from their mainstream counterparts in important ways.
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She also lacks her mainstream counterpart's brown bob hairstyle and instead sporting long black hair (but her design was not concrete at the beginning of the series).
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Outsider music, like outsider art is separated from its mainstream counterparts by its obscurity, incorrectness, and often the outcast status of the artists who produce it.
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