stock in trade
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But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology which is its stock in trade, and the subject of fierce competition with rival OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Football commentator Martin Tyler's voice is his stock in trade.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
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
That is the stock in trade of state, local and county prosecutors as opposed to federal prosecutors.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2022
Deuterons being the Rad Lab’s stock in trade, Lawrence commanded, “Let’s try it out.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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