calling card
noun
1
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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Alexis had to put money on his calling card to keep them coming.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
While Chisholm and Volpe have the speed traditionally associated with the leadoff spot, getting on base hasn’t been their calling card.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The two worked together to trace the calls and found that a calling card was purchased at a Walmart in Panama City on April 9, 2004, hours before it was used to phone Mount Washington McDonald’s.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Although defense is Coulibaly’s calling card, the second-year wing has made strides with his playmaking and passing.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
While Chisholm and Volpe have the speed traditionally associated with the leadoff spot, getting on base hasn’t been their calling card.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The two worked together to trace the calls and found that a calling card was purchased at a Walmart in Panama City on April 9, 2004, hours before it was used to phone Mount Washington McDonald’s.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Although defense is Coulibaly’s calling card, the second-year wing has made strides with his playmaking and passing.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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