as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
one-on-one politicking is her long suit
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Recent Examples of long suit
Discarding correctly when declarer cashes a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership, and East-West might have gone wrong here.
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Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Pair long suit shorts with a matching jacket or basic long-sleeve tee, or jorts with a crop top and kitten heels.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 28 May 2024
Against notrump, the defense can prevail in two ways: by setting up a long suit or by depriving declarer of a source of tricks.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Discarding correctly when declarer is running a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
But telling a semi-coherent story that an idiot like me can easily understand, well, that is not his long suit.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
My long suit is to dream, and to do the long-term stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Boston Dynamics is really starting to be successful doing commercial stuff, and that’s not my long suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
After taking the stage in a cool all-brown look comprised of a long suit coat, button-down blouse, and distressed slacks, Palmer addressed some recent pregnancy rumors.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Dec. 2022
Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Pair long suit shorts with a matching jacket or basic long-sleeve tee, or jorts with a crop top and kitten heels.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 28 May 2024
Against notrump, the defense can prevail in two ways: by setting up a long suit or by depriving declarer of a source of tricks.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Discarding correctly when declarer is running a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
But telling a semi-coherent story that an idiot like me can easily understand, well, that is not his long suit.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
My long suit is to dream, and to do the long-term stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Boston Dynamics is really starting to be successful doing commercial stuff, and that’s not my long suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
After taking the stage in a cool all-brown look comprised of a long suit coat, button-down blouse, and distressed slacks, Palmer addressed some recent pregnancy rumors.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long suit
Noun
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Their specialty is flexibility –some are geared toward growth and others toward income.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Coffee is their specialty, with a beverage menu as extensive as its food menu.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While with Miami, Jimmy Butler served speciality coffees in his hotel room in the 2020 playoffs, when teams were confined to their hotels by Covid-19 restrictions.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Adding new procedure rooms and expanding facilities will allow the hospital to meet growing demand for services in specialities like ear, nose and throat, orthopedics and gastroenterology, according to the release.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Of course, a visually stunning and perfectly functioning restroom has many things happening behind the scenes that aren’t always obvious at first glance.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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But because of the way Tony Gilroy has structured each season as a quartet of three-hour arcs, the release schedule makes sense, giving viewers a chance to gobble up each segment of the larger story in one go, rather than spreading the whole thing out over many months(*).—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With this in mind, the startup costs listed below automatically assume that your website and domain are included.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The character is due to enter the public domain in 2034.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Long suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20suit. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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