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bread and butter



ADJECTIVE
concerning personal/household finances
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It's about the bread and butter in the Premier League - that's the most important thing.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

While some projects involved potentially meaningful research, Navatek’s bread and butter was R&D that went nowhere.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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

Granted, the Emmys have made repetitiveness its bread and butter for decades now.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

“Hah!” he went on, handing me the bread and butter.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


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