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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That’s a calling card, if not necessarily a success.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Weather events have long been a calling card for local stations, but Mitchell and her fellow panelists addressed a host of challenges facing local operations.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
That’s also where Althoff honed the awkwardly funny, deadpan persona that became her calling card and led to The Really Good Podcast, which is now in its third season.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
His once-awful defense behind the plate has improved but his bat remains his calling card.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Weather events have long been a calling card for local stations, but Mitchell and her fellow panelists addressed a host of challenges facing local operations.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
That’s also where Althoff honed the awkwardly funny, deadpan persona that became her calling card and led to The Really Good Podcast, which is now in its third season.
—Katie Drummond, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
His once-awful defense behind the plate has improved but his bat remains his calling card.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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