bread and butter
Example Sentences
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The bread and butter of a direct lender like Ares Capital is lending to companies acquired by private-equity firms.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
These include the Patriot and Thaad systems, which along with other missiles and munitions are the defense companies’ bread and butter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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
The price of chicken wings, the company’s bread and butter, had risen.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
