calling card

Example Sentences

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As with red baseball caps, it is a calling card that evokes his presence without explanation.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Few things are a better calling card for queer counterculture than a Daft Punk deep cut.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Volatility has been silver’s calling card in recent months but even by recent standards the last week has been a roller-coaster ride.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The forester examined the tree and found D-shaped holes — the calling card of the goldspotted oak borer — where the beetles had chewed through the tree to emerge from the bark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

Ignatius mumbled, looking at the austere little calling card.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole