calling card
noun
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: 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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The production, directed with the brooding fluidity that is David Cromer’s calling card, is most alive in the evolving dynamic between Nick and Jacki, whose romance happens by degrees then all at once before reality intervenes and the criminal justice bureaucracy grinds to a halt.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Setting the edge is his calling card.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Political science major Laughter was a key ingredient for Poltz and his fellow Rugburns, whose performances were equally notable for the memorable music and the unforgettable on-stage mayhem that were the band’s dual calling cards.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
On the field, Lindsey Heaps’ calling card is her ability to seemingly be multiple places at once.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Setting the edge is his calling card.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Political science major Laughter was a key ingredient for Poltz and his fellow Rugburns, whose performances were equally notable for the memorable music and the unforgettable on-stage mayhem that were the band’s dual calling cards.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
On the field, Lindsey Heaps’ calling card is her ability to seemingly be multiple places at once.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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“Calling card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling%20card. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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