stock in trade
Example Sentences
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As a fighter whose stock in trade is the knockout, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley feels he can't criticise people for craving a spectacle he very much wants to supply.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
Football commentator Martin Tyler's voice is his stock in trade.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Late hours are amenable to talk, whether serious or silly, and talk is the series’ stock in trade.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Mr. Lorayne did not claim to have invented the mnemonic system that was his stock in trade: As he readily acknowledged, it harked back to classical antiquity.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Deuterons being the Rad Lab’s stock in trade, Lawrence commanded, “Let’s try it out.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
