by trade
idiom
—used when indicating someone's job, especially a job that requires special training and skills and is done by using the hands
I am a carpenter/electrician/beautician by trade.
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The library has a lead archive volunteer, who is an archivist by trade and has a master’s degree in public history.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
From 2020 on, there haven’t been many good options available in free agency (Brady won 5 playoff games, Mayfield won 1, and all others won 0) or by trade (the two best ones traded were Stafford and Goff who were traded for each other).
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The costs of career technical education varies widely by trade and program.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Global markets have been buoyed by trade talks that are taking place between U.S. and Chinese officials in London this week, with hopes rising that both sides can avert large-scale punitive tariffs and a trade war.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
From 2020 on, there haven’t been many good options available in free agency (Brady won 5 playoff games, Mayfield won 1, and all others won 0) or by trade (the two best ones traded were Stafford and Goff who were traded for each other).
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The costs of career technical education varies widely by trade and program.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Global markets have been buoyed by trade talks that are taking place between U.S. and Chinese officials in London this week, with hopes rising that both sides can avert large-scale punitive tariffs and a trade war.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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“By trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20trade. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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