calling card

noun

1
: visiting card
2
: 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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That portable approach to skin care is still Kahi’s calling card. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Aug. 2026 Many EVs can deliver incredible stats—ferocious acceleration is their calling card—but not all deliver a holistic driving experience like the best German sedans of the past 40 or 50 years. — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Being catty has long been Perez’s calling card, and the public, too, has a long memory. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026 Bertha is actively being torn apart by wind shear, a 'calling card' of El Niño's impact on Atlantic hurricane season. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for calling card

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of calling card was in 1808

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