bread and butter

Example Sentences

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Recently it has joined the AI rush, deviating from its bread and butter of conventional infrastructure and blue-chip stocks, pumping money into several large AI data center funds, including one with asset manager Brookfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

We started with a generous spread of complimentary bread and butter, fresh oysters, and escargot—my wife’s favorite, not mine, though the leftover sauce was perfect for dipping.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

“Honda’s bread and butter is still in their production vehicles,” Shaw said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Roach acknowledges the market’s caution, given large language models are now threatening to do what has been the bread and butter of those companies.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

The former was quite good, bacon and potato soup with fresh bread and butter.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss