as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
doing funny impressions of people has always been my forte
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Facial architecture is Ivan Pol’s forte, and Salma Hayek, Ana de Armas and Laura Harrier are among the devotees of his signature beauty sandwich skin prep treatment.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
While dancing may not be her forte, singing certainly is.
—Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Julian’s pharmaceuticals team at Jacobson-Moore isn’t doing the kind of righteously satisfying social-justice work that is Olympia’s current forte.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Forte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forte. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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