calling card
noun
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: a sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present
broadly
: an identifying mark
3
: a card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where the calls are placed
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Deep ties to the tech research community and technically minded founders like Srinivas are the early calling cards for Sonsini and Laude Ventures, which has closed a $150 million first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups.
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Alex Konrad, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Last week, for instance, the Dolphins offense reduced the shifts and pre-snap motion that used to be its calling card.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
The defense struggled to stop Northwestern at times, but the Hoosiers’ calling card has been the offense, which continued its dominant start to the season.
—Gavin Dorsey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
Watts made the calling card indies Clown (2014) and Cop Car (2015) before getting scooped up by Marvel to direct Sony’s three Tom Holland Spider-Man movies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Alex Konrad, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Last week, for instance, the Dolphins offense reduced the shifts and pre-snap motion that used to be its calling card.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
The defense struggled to stop Northwestern at times, but the Hoosiers’ calling card has been the offense, which continued its dominant start to the season.
—Gavin Dorsey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
Watts made the calling card indies Clown (2014) and Cop Car (2015) before getting scooped up by Marvel to direct Sony’s three Tom Holland Spider-Man movies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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