As a result, agriculture and fishing, once themainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GDP.
Apparel exports and tourism aremainstays of the economy.
As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GNP.
Fishing and tourism are the other mainstays of the economy.
Territorial self-sufficiency, military strength, and advantageous alliances were accordingly looked to as the mainstays of the new ordering, even by those who paid lip tribute to the Wilsonian ideal.
The governments of both these great peoples had long been the mainstays of monarchic tradition, military discipline, and the principle of authority.
Once one of themainstays of American peach-growing, George IV is now of but historical interest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mainstays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
