calling card
noun
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: 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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Their calling cards are undeniably their flower clusters, which appear in late spring or early summer, last for weeks, and come in varying hues of blue, purple, white, pink, and red.
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Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024
The brand’s calling card is basics with a twist: silver rings with chain-like forms, chains that look like nothing else on the market, forms studded with semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli and turquoise.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
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Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024
The brand’s calling card is basics with a twist: silver rings with chain-like forms, chains that look like nothing else on the market, forms studded with semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli and turquoise.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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