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calling card

[kaw-ling kahrd] / ˈkɔ lɪŋ ˌkɑrd /
NOUN
name card for visitor
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There was a sweet irony watching them close the set with “Intro,” a modest instrumental jam from their debut that has, through well-paying commercial placements, become their calling card to mainstream pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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

And when a group of OpenAI employees formed Anthropic in 2021, attempting to make AI safety the new company’s calling card, she went with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

First she’d been seen by a human, and then she’d left a moth behind like a calling card.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor