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.

Examples of by trade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 5th Circuit Court sided with arguments being made by trade groups representing payday lenders. —

Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024 And then there was the singular Michael D. Cohen, lawyer by trade and enforcer by nature. —

William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 May 2024 Fiona Harvey, a Scottish lawyer by trade, recently revealed her identity to The Daily Record in an article and now, she is set to sit down with the controversial British talking head on Thursday. —

Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 Or earmarked for an incoming younger star in free agency or by trade? —

Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024 My father is from Saint Louis, and there by way of Mississippi, a historian by trade. —

J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024 Work donated by other volunteers has also impressed Gerber, an engineer by trade who designed Eden Village. —

Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024 The bill is opposed by trade groups representing insurance companies. —

Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024 With nations still bound together by trade, technology and finance, globalization should be reformed, not abandoned, the report concluded. —

David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024

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