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long suit

noun

Definition of long suit

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 The announcement that Live Nation has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice, resolving a years-long suit alleging anticompetitive practices, likely answers the biggest question facing the concert behemoth. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Being alone was not my long suit. — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026 Discarding correctly when declarer cashes a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership, and East-West might have gone wrong here. — 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 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 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 Boston Dynamics is really starting to be successful doing commercial stuff, and that’s not my long suit. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022

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Noun

His specialty, apparently, is an uncannily accurate impression of someone eating potato chips.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Books that were once relegated to the back half of the miscellaneous aisle at CVS now fill entire specialty romance bookstores, more than 200 of which have opened since 2023.

— Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of specialty

Noun

The whole thing was essentially an American Cadillac crossed with an Italian coachbuilt exotic, at a time when Detroit was already going completely bonkers with automotive excess.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
Georgia and Riley came to a peace treaty of sorts on the ski trip, so things are good there.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of thing

Noun

The real tragedy of the film occurs not in the domain of love, but of family.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
So fall travel has historically been the domain of empty-nesters, young couples without dependents, parents bringing along adult children (or vice versa), friend groups, and solo adventurers.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

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