as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
one-on-one politicking is her long suit
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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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Celtic Cask is a specialty Irish whiskey bottler associated with the Celtic Whiskey Shop in Dublin.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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New specialty units for the 2024 Macy's Parade include Strikes Again by Go Bowling!; The Garriage by Nickelodeon, a whimsical carriage modeled after SpongeBob's pet snail; and the Grannies Car from BBC Studios' Bluey.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The wine menu changes seasonally, taking in classic regions and smaller undiscovered growers, including a host of speciality Champagnes like Jacquesson.Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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It was brought with it an output deal with Canadian speciality net Super Channel.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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That was one of the most earth-shattering things that could have happened.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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But Barrett says that the real value of this group, and others like it, is not necessarily to collect or verify actual issues at polling places or with voting machines—things that can, and do, happen in a normal election.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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The attacker used a look-alike domain of a legitimate business partner.Poornima DeBolle, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Help the new dad restore his domain to its nice-smelling baseline with this room spray from Alben Lane.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Long suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20suit. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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