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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But the unit lagged in key areas, including in areas that had been the 49ers’ calling card in recent years.
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
His two strongest calling cards as a candidate appeared to be his family name and his career as an attorney who fought to clean up the environment.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
As Robinson notes, one of Marvel’s calling cards during the apex of the MCU was that pretty much every movie was good — some were even great.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Grapes and baby bottles are the calling cards for codeine-containing cough syrup, or lean.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
His two strongest calling cards as a candidate appeared to be his family name and his career as an attorney who fought to clean up the environment.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
As Robinson notes, one of Marvel’s calling cards during the apex of the MCU was that pretty much every movie was good — some were even great.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Grapes and baby bottles are the calling cards for codeine-containing cough syrup, or lean.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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