calling card
noun
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: a sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present
broadly
: an identifying mark
3
: a card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where the calls are placed
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See The Creators Music remains Tyler’s most identifiable calling card, but his forays into fashion have arguably been more impressive.
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Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
The country’s new airports, diplomatic prestige and booming stock markets may look like Mr. Modi’s calling card, but for the 95 percent of Indians who earn too little to file income taxes, small infusions of cash and household goods matter more.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 May 2024
Marlon Humphrey’s calling card is his inside-outside versatility.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
Their calling cards are undeniably their flower clusters, which appear in late spring or early summer, last for weeks, and come in varying hues of blue, purple, white, pink, and red.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024
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Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
The country’s new airports, diplomatic prestige and booming stock markets may look like Mr. Modi’s calling card, but for the 95 percent of Indians who earn too little to file income taxes, small infusions of cash and household goods matter more.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 May 2024
Marlon Humphrey’s calling card is his inside-outside versatility.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
Their calling cards are undeniably their flower clusters, which appear in late spring or early summer, last for weeks, and come in varying hues of blue, purple, white, pink, and red.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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