tools of the trade
Example Sentences
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The tools of the trade remain fairly simple.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022
These are people who can wield their tools of the trade, namely keyboards and laptops, from anywhere, as opposed to those who have to place themselves on the front line to earn their hourly pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2022
And what does it mean to study something as wicked and monstrous as the slave trade using some of the tools of the trade itself?
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022
Books and letters are a common theme, as are the tools of the trade for other professions or hobbies.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
It was a blacksmith shop of fair size, fully equipped with all the tools of the trade, the walls blackened by smoke, the earthen floor littered with débris, a leathern apron hanging over the anvil.
From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo
