as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
one-on-one politicking is her long suit
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Recent Examples of long suit
Discarding correctly when declarer cashes a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership, and East-West might have gone wrong here.
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Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Pair long suit shorts with a matching jacket or basic long-sleeve tee, or jorts with a crop top and kitten heels.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 28 May 2024
Against notrump, the defense can prevail in two ways: by setting up a long suit or by depriving declarer of a source of tricks.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Discarding correctly when declarer is running a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
But telling a semi-coherent story that an idiot like me can easily understand, well, that is not his long suit.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
With Trump, loyalty is not his long suit.
—Fred Barnes, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021
My long suit is to dream, and to do the long-term stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Boston Dynamics is really starting to be successful doing commercial stuff, and that’s not my long suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Pair long suit shorts with a matching jacket or basic long-sleeve tee, or jorts with a crop top and kitten heels.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 28 May 2024
Against notrump, the defense can prevail in two ways: by setting up a long suit or by depriving declarer of a source of tricks.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Discarding correctly when declarer is running a long suit can tax even a world-class partnership.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
But telling a semi-coherent story that an idiot like me can easily understand, well, that is not his long suit.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
With Trump, loyalty is not his long suit.
—Fred Barnes, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021
My long suit is to dream, and to do the long-term stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Boston Dynamics is really starting to be successful doing commercial stuff, and that’s not my long suit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long suit
Noun
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Other adoptable small and specialty animals at certain stores.Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mexico is a large country with many different regions and food specialties.Megan Stringer, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the company's Factory 56 plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, speciality skilled workers finish Manufaktur client vehicles in the areas of textile finishing, interior fittings, fabrication, embroidery and personalized paintwork, among other operations.Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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Medical specialities continue to show substantial gender differences, some of which are large.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Really, what’s the wildest thing that could happen tonight?Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Since then, he’s been lining up venture-capital money for things such as fantasy chess, and launched a new app for following chess players and tournaments, called Take Take Take.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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For example, if a buyer searches for a certain keyword and shortlists 5 different names, our AI begins building dynamic associations based on search intent and those domain attributes.Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Nashville's pop progression isn't just the domain anymore of guys running the gamut from rap to rock.Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Long suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20suit. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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