butter
Example Sentences
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Martha Stewart’s recipe for Perfect Scrambled Eggs calls for just butter, salt and pepper.
From Salon
“The bread and butter…for GM is still very much U.S. trucks,” he says.
From Barron's
A few handfuls of oats, pistachios or pecans, butter, maple syrup.
From Salon
These include the Patriot and Thaad systems, which along with other missiles and munitions are the defense companies’ bread and butter.
So I busied myself with packing up the remains of my peanut butter sandwich.
From Literature
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