How to Use daily bread in a Sentence
daily bread
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Novelty becomes the name of the game in lieu of our mundane daily bread.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Since then, missions in which robots replace human soldiers have become the unit’s daily bread and butter.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
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Punches to the genitals, stupidly daring acts involving fire or firearms while under the influence of alcohol are the daily bread of Bryk’s trio of amateur stuntmen, or stunt boys, in the small, isolated Canadian town of Inch.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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Prazeres, a Goan local who returned home after international success, launched the bakery Padaria Prazeres last year with his wife, Stacy Gracias, in a market that takes its daily bread—from crunchy pão to lightweight poee—very seriously.
—Smitha Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2022
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Chesnut said El Mencho, raised in the deeply Catholic Mexican state of Michoacan, echoes other criminal actors who’ve balanced villainy and veneration, bypassing traditional religious frameworks to absolve ― or even justify ― the deeds that reap their daily bread.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
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