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

That alternation between the serious and the absurd was the series’ stock in trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 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