bread and butter
Example Sentences
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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
Further inflation would hurt economic demand, as well as banks’ bread and butter: loan volumes, corporate transaction volumes, and financial market activity.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Also like the Colts, the bread and butter of many Packingtown policemen was dependent on a good word from Frank Ragen or one of his cronies.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
