stock in trade

Example Sentences

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“And yet, that was her stock in trade,” Ayres said.

From Washington Post

Trump was typically offensive even in that formal setting, peppering his speech with comments such as "this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history," and "a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe" which became his stock in trade over the next year as he finally settled on "China virus" and "Kung flu" as the xenophobic catch phrases of choice.

From Salon

Those were Popeil’s stock in trade.

From Seattle Times

“Pig’s” stock in trade is a kind of visual and narrative poetry, and Sarnoski and Block ply it with the skill and light touch of master chefs.

From Washington Post

But Hogan’s stock in trade was guesting on primetime TV series.

From Fox News