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something for which a person shows a special talent
languages are definitely the diplomat's strong suit
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Recent Examples of strong suit
Storytelling hasn’t been a great strong suit for The Audacity all season.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 3 May 2026
Opposing coaches have said RPOs weren’t Simpson’s strong suit, and his predecessor Jalen Milroe also didn’t excel in that part of the offense.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
And that’s never been his strong suit.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
But that’s never been Melania’s strong suit.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 3 May 2026
Opposing coaches have said RPOs weren’t Simpson’s strong suit, and his predecessor Jalen Milroe also didn’t excel in that part of the offense.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
And that’s never been his strong suit.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
But that’s never been Melania’s strong suit.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strong suit
Noun
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In many arrangements, they were delegated not simply financial risk, but substantial operational authority including utilization management, specialty referral oversight, chronic disease management, care coordination, and in some cases claims payment functions themselves.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Visitors can sample classic dishes including souvlaki and gyro sandwiches while moving between nine different food stations featuring homemade specialties prepared entirely by volunteers.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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These TVs cover 100% of the DCI-P3 colour spectrum, as well as delivering, of course, the pixel by pixel light control that’s OLED’s speciality.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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After her postpartum experience and realizing that there were few therapists trained in this speciality in her area, Pham obtained training in perinatal mental health and now has a practice treating moms.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
22 May 2026
Noun
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How about the little things, like the mini bar, or shower goodies?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Instead of trying to calm things down, Dolan escalated the situation.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Research on fine art collections in wealthy families — another domain where the older generation controls the asset and the younger one will inherit the complications — found that roughly six in 10 collectors haven’t discussed their collections with their heirs at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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That cycle will repeat across every enterprise use case until organizations treat AI deployment as a serious engineering and domain expertise challenge, not a demo.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Strong suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strong%20suit. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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