calling card
noun
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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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Mason added that the show had been a good calling card for Disney.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Ironic detachment and professional ambivalence are becoming the calling cards for a generation of young employees in the post-Covid era.
—Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Tiny cartons filled with bubblegum pink strawberry milk will forever be a calling card for school lunches.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Today, the dot is a calling card for brands playing with femininity and youth, like Sandy Liang.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
Ironic detachment and professional ambivalence are becoming the calling cards for a generation of young employees in the post-Covid era.
—Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Tiny cartons filled with bubblegum pink strawberry milk will forever be a calling card for school lunches.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Today, the dot is a calling card for brands playing with femininity and youth, like Sandy Liang.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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