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strong suit

noun

Definition of strong suit

as in specialty

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 American history is not my strong suit. — Peter White, Deadline, 26 June 2026 Hafele scored at a decent clip in the USHL this season, although scoring and creativity don’t project as his strong suit at higher levels. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Honestly, science and math were never my strong suits until Bill Nye landed in my after-school TV rotation. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2026 Making a churro that tasted like her childhood also involved a lot of math, something Serna said was not her strong suit. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strong suit

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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

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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

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