stock in trade

Example Sentences

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But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology that is its stock in trade, and the subject of neck-and-neck competition with rival OpenAI.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

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

Eventually his stock in trade became his forgeries, which helped hundreds of his fellow Jews escape Germany.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

Macras doesn’t go in for the shock tactics that are Holzinger’s stock in trade, but she still appears to take a page from the younger and more transgressive practitioner of dance theater.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Deuterons being the Rad Lab’s stock in trade, Lawrence commanded, “Let’s try it out.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik