bread and butter

Example Sentences

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“Honda’s bread and butter is still in their production vehicles,” Shaw said.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

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

“History shows it’s bread and butter issues that typically work best,” he said.

From Salon