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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His Game 7, game-tying home run was his calling card.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Monochromatic is a Selena Gomez calling card, who has fashioned a refined, ladylike sense of style over the years and established herself as an LBD devotee.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Alzir, who is part of a special tutoring program at Andrew that works with special-needs kids, counts communication as his calling card.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Canucks’ defensive solidity has cratered, and the club has objectively gotten away from the structural game that had become its calling card during Tocchet’s Vancouver tenure.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Monochromatic is a Selena Gomez calling card, who has fashioned a refined, ladylike sense of style over the years and established herself as an LBD devotee.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Alzir, who is part of a special tutoring program at Andrew that works with special-needs kids, counts communication as his calling card.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Canucks’ defensive solidity has cratered, and the club has objectively gotten away from the structural game that had become its calling card during Tocchet’s Vancouver tenure.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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