calling card
nounDefinition of calling card
1
: visiting card
2
: 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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His best shot is stretching the field vertically — Rypien’s calling card while at Boise State. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "10 Broncos to watch on the roster bubble in preseason finale vs. Cardinals," 28 Aug. 2019 Kearse’s calling card is his veteran, championship experience and his ability to make crazy acrobatic catches. — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, "Jermaine Kearse sees 'deadly' combinations in Lions' receiving corps," 30 July 2019 The opportunity not just to celebrate but also to reinvestigate classic musicals without shrinking them into dollhouse replicas is Ms. Feore’s calling card. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Dancing Boys and a Bloodthirsty Plant Sidle Up to Shakespeare," 29 July 2019 And even better, there are 12 different and refreshing mojitos, Dada’s signature calling card of a cocktail. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, "SummerTimeOut: Food and art are at play at Dada in Delray Beach," 31 July 2019 Haim’s effortless crowd-pleasing, which has been the trio’s calling card as a live act and took many forms during their excellent Friday headlining set. — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, "My Dad's Time-Traveling Take on Pitchfork Music Festival 2019," 22 July 2019 One of the things that is Nancy Pelosi’s calling card is her maturity and her experience. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "The Pelosi-Versus-Squad Paradigm," 18 July 2019 Manilow, so far as is known, has yet to record any songs remotely akin to the bluesy hard rock that has long been Etheridge’s calling card. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Melissa Etheridge takes great pride in her music and in speaking (and being) out," 12 July 2019 In recent years, that fight for pay equality has been the women’s team’s calling card. — Andrew Das, New York Times, "The U.S. Women Won, the Men Lost, and the Equal Pay Fight Tied Them Together Again," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'calling card.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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