calling card
noun
1
2
: 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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With its punchy contemporary design, the hotel has become a calling card for a more cosmopolitan Budapest.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Defense was supposed to be the calling card for this team after that unit looked so dominant last year.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
Slow defensive starts Defense has been Orlando’s calling card under Mosley, but the Magic allowed 30 points or more in all five of the first quarters.
—Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Efficient, budget-friendly production has remained the company’s calling card.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Defense was supposed to be the calling card for this team after that unit looked so dominant last year.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
Slow defensive starts Defense has been Orlando’s calling card under Mosley, but the Magic allowed 30 points or more in all five of the first quarters.
—Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Efficient, budget-friendly production has remained the company’s calling card.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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