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
UCLA’s bread and butter on Saturday, though, were the many contested mid-range jump shots, which were made at an impressive clip, especially by Dent.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 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
“History shows it’s bread and butter issues that typically work best,” he said.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Sean, Josie, Peggy, come in for yeer tea, come in at wanst for the fresh bread and butter and the gorgeous blue duck egg what no one else in the lane have.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
