How to Use calling card in a Sentence

calling card

noun
  • Even there, the calling card wasn’t just stats.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the calling card of this Aces core.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • So that kind of became our calling card.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • So that kind of became our calling card.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Setting the edge is his calling card.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Open shots — long one of his calling cards — have not fallen.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But the calling card is the vineyard.
    — David Caraccio may 5, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026
  • Since his work was his calling card, clients often did not know his race.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The defense is this team’s calling card, but don’t hold that against them.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • There may not be one elite calling card, but there are very few empty snaps on his tape.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The event that most male gymnasts despise is his calling card.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • These days, Black Pumas’ live stuff is the band’s calling card.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Speed is good, but strength has always been Jones’ calling card.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • First and foremost, its lineup will be its calling card.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The calling card of the show is its stars, and the public has answered the call.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Hurley’s calling card over the years has been his team’s defense.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
  • Its calling card are the three bright stars in a row that make up Orion’s belt.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
  • His Game 7, game-tying home run was his calling card.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
  • For most of the non-dance-music world, this track will be their calling card forevermore.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The film also serves as something of a calling card for Sims.
    — al, 3 Aug. 2020
  • But for that to be the calling card for church members, the thing that sets them apart, is misplaced.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
  • On the wall is a painting of a rat, which was Bansky's calling card.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The Oura ring has become a calling card for elite wellness-maxxers.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Once their calling card, the Stars are now looking for more defense.
    — Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The Dolphins pass rush was thought to be the calling card of the defense.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But Matild Palace’s calling card is a deft balance of past and present.
    — Alia Akkam, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
  • Those types of the passes became Young’s calling card down the stretch.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Zwerin’s status as the third Maysles was both her calling card and her curse.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Orion’s calling card is his belt, made up of three bright stars in a nearly perfect row.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • If all goes as planned, the downtown relic will once again become a calling card for the city.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2021

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