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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Tweed became Holloway’s calling card, a material she’s long been captivated by.
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Advertisement This arrangement has now become her calling card.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
James is built like a racehorse and his defensive ability is his calling card.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
The voice performances ground the supernatural world in real emotion — and gave LAIKA a blueprint for casting rising stars that has become one of the studio’s calling cards.
—Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Advertisement This arrangement has now become her calling card.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
James is built like a racehorse and his defensive ability is his calling card.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
The voice performances ground the supernatural world in real emotion — and gave LAIKA a blueprint for casting rising stars that has become one of the studio’s calling cards.
—Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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