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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Willie, whose fingerprints were reportedly found on Rev. Hall’s calling card, supposedly provided the gun and slit Mills' throat, while Henry, a retired exhibition marksman, fired the shots.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
But Mitchell’s calling card is his on-ball defense.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
In-ground pools and breeze-block walls are other signature calling cards of the style.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2025
As a winger whose calling card is offensive ability — and a player who doesn’t bring the two-way impact of someone like Aho — those numbers were good, not great.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
But Mitchell’s calling card is his on-ball defense.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
In-ground pools and breeze-block walls are other signature calling cards of the style.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2025
As a winger whose calling card is offensive ability — and a player who doesn’t bring the two-way impact of someone like Aho — those numbers were good, not great.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 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 12 Jul. 2025.
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