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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Fitzpatrick has pointed to the saloon’s string of viral controversies as a calling card in the crowded race.
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Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
Braden Smith certainly measured shorter than expected, but size has never been his calling card.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Just weeks earlier, the The Help actress—who’s vibrant red hair has been her beauty calling card throughout her decades-long career—made another hair chameleon move.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 May 2026
One of this franchise’s calling cards in the early days was an extensive selection of bumpers, skirts, hoods, and spoilers for every vehicle, but Playground has seemingly poured more attention into extreme-yet-static Forza Edition cars rather than swappable cosmetics.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
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Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
Braden Smith certainly measured shorter than expected, but size has never been his calling card.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Just weeks earlier, the The Help actress—who’s vibrant red hair has been her beauty calling card throughout her decades-long career—made another hair chameleon move.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 May 2026
One of this franchise’s calling cards in the early days was an extensive selection of bumpers, skirts, hoods, and spoilers for every vehicle, but Playground has seemingly poured more attention into extreme-yet-static Forza Edition cars rather than swappable cosmetics.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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