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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Reviving restaurants—and indeed whole neighborhoods—is something of a calling card of Meyer’s.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
That had become a calling card for Hernandez and Burns, who became known for finding creative ways to produce high-end content — particularly comedy — at an attractive price point through Jax.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
The office also needed a glass wall facing out so that everyone could look in on Matt, augmenting the tension that instantly became The Studio’s calling card.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
And the pitching staff, which has been one of their calling cards all season, slumped heavily for much of the last month.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025
That had become a calling card for Hernandez and Burns, who became known for finding creative ways to produce high-end content — particularly comedy — at an attractive price point through Jax.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
The office also needed a glass wall facing out so that everyone could look in on Matt, augmenting the tension that instantly became The Studio’s calling card.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
And the pitching staff, which has been one of their calling cards all season, slumped heavily for much of the last month.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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