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

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