bread and butter

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The company was exploring gate-based models early on, but abandoned those efforts in favor of differentiating itself through its focus on annealing, which has since become its bread and butter.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

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

It was going to be ham and eggs that evening, with fried potatoes if you were early and bread and butter if you weren’t.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman