calling card

Example Sentences

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Short seller Andrew Left’s conviction this week on securities-fraud charges has shocked an influential niche of the stock market whose calling card is its ability to affect stock prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

She hastily slid her calling card behind the trash can, adjusting it so it could be seen by someone looking for it but not spotted as trash.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman