strong suit

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Straightforward storytelling was never the strong suit of the show, which relied very much on Mr. Murphy’s charisma and that of his co-stars, notably Sophie Rundle, who plays sister Ada Shelby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Academics are not your strong suit - your strengths lie elsewhere.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Yet works of high seriousness were never his strong suit, as his rambling and distressingly unfocused Eisenhower Memorial in Washington showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But teaching math never was the strong suit of the American educational system.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Did I mention that subtlety is not my mother’s strong suit?

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed