bread and butter
Example Sentences
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Granted, the Emmys have made repetitiveness its bread and butter for decades now.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
In the core public-markets arm, BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded funds remain its bread and butter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Further inflation would hurt economic demand, as well as banks’ bread and butter: loan volumes, corporate transaction volumes, and financial market activity.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 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
He pointed to a long skinny black suitcase that had a leather handle on top of it and said, “And be careful, that’s my bread and butter in there.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
