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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Deep accuracy was Maye’s calling card in college, where his creativity and daring cut both ways. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 Miller put up plenty of points too, but his bulldog approach — which has become his calling card in the NHL — was evident even then. Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Defensively, Florida State’s calling card has been stopping the run. Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 Weeks earlier, Smith’s big brother, Jaden Smith, was tapped as Christian Louboutin’s first men’s creative director — a reminder that footwear has become a family calling card. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for calling card

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of calling card was in 1808

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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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