mainstreaming

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mainstreaming

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From mainstream + -ing.

noun mainstreamings

  1. uncountable, usually The process of bringing something into the mainstream. Neither Wales nor Scotland was in favour of getting rid of it, no doubt because both countries have done an infinitely better job than Whitehall on mainstreaming sustainable development.
  2. US, uncountable, usually The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes. It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of mainstream

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@misc{mainstreaming_2026,
  title = {mainstreaming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mainstreaming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}