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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long suit
Noun
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But baker Éric Kayser, who built a mini empire of 370 bakeries around the world on the strength of his signature tradition baguette made with liquid sourdough starter, makes an interesting point about specialty breads that are taking the capital by storm.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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In addition, the Heat’s Vice license plate is the fourth-best seller for Florida specialty license plates.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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One Night Out with Alan Cumming will sit alongside the likes of Roast Battle Canada Season 5 that were filmed during the festival for Bell Media’s streamer Crave and speciality network CTV Comedy.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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The chip's only drawbacks are its limited gains versus the more basic 9950X and its somewhat niche gaming specialities.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over the course of the three-day summit, attendees and Goldman leaders talked all things AI—from the most lucrative investments, to the tech’s impact on the environment, and its potential to innovate industries.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The game was soon over and, for all the other tremendous things Woodson did in helping Michigan to a share of the national title, that moment loomed large in his Heisman victory over Tennessee’s Peyton Manning.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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In contrast, new Virginia-class submarines with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) will carry the same number, providing long-range strike options across air, land, and maritime domains.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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Frankenstein the novel passed into the public domain long before Universal got ahold of it.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Long suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20suit. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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