bread and butter
Example Sentences
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In case you’re unfamiliar with Ritchson, he’s a muscles-on-muscles behemoth whose bread and butter happens to be skull-drubbing action films.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
For years, Starlink’s bread and butter has been providing home broadband, a product that has taken off in many rural areas that aren’t served well by fiber-optic cables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Identity is their bread and butter, and one of the infrastructure pieces that they’re dependent on is residential proxies,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
While Coinbase has diversified its business over the last five years, crypto trading remains its bread and butter, which is a problem when prices are low.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
We ate the bread and butter separately, ate the dry lettuce leaves, and drank the little container of salad dressing.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
