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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Striking that balance between affordability and panache has quickly become the brand’s calling card since the 2021 debut of Scarlet Lady.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Agee certainly never expected John Economos to become his calling card following The Suicide Squad.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
The authorities also uncovered rolls of paper, which Weil reported as the text of a novel by Honoré de Balzac, a letter in Russian and calling cards that displayed a pseudonymous name used by Weil and other French mathematicians.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2025
While there are several red and white wines produced at Lungarotti, Rubesco is the company’s calling card.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Agee certainly never expected John Economos to become his calling card following The Suicide Squad.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
The authorities also uncovered rolls of paper, which Weil reported as the text of a novel by Honoré de Balzac, a letter in Russian and calling cards that displayed a pseudonymous name used by Weil and other French mathematicians.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2025
While there are several red and white wines produced at Lungarotti, Rubesco is the company’s calling card.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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