Mainstay
Mainstay noun - Something or someone to which one looks for support.
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Rest
Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.
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- Cage the Elephant - A garage-rock band who scored a rock hit in 2009 with "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" and has since been a mainstay on alternative radio.
Source: Alternative Indie -
A combination of naturalistic writing, comedic chemistry between Kaley Cuoco and the rest of the cast and deliberate efforts to keep her from being a walking sex joke kept her as a vital mainstay of the show's format.
Source: Smurfette Breakout
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Rest and Mainstay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mainstay/rest
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