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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And the pitching staff, which has been one of their calling cards all season, slumped heavily for much of the last month.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
For more seclusion, head to Lake O’Hara, accessible via a shuttle lottery that helps keep the stunning spot pristine and quiet.
Another of Yoho’s calling cards is its waterfalls.
—Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025
His path would intersect with Connie Francis in the same year.
Hank Jr.'s calling card back then was directly tied to his iconic father, who unexpectedly died on Jan. 1, 1953.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Those words shift from sentiment to a calling card for today’s leaders.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
For more seclusion, head to Lake O’Hara, accessible via a shuttle lottery that helps keep the stunning spot pristine and quiet.
Another of Yoho’s calling cards is its waterfalls.
—Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025
His path would intersect with Connie Francis in the same year.
Hank Jr.'s calling card back then was directly tied to his iconic father, who unexpectedly died on Jan. 1, 1953.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Those words shift from sentiment to a calling card for today’s leaders.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for calling card
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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