bread and butter
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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
Putty noses, horsehair wigs, and phony accents were his bread and butter, so to speak.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
