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forte
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forte as in:  it is her forte

cooking is his forte
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  • He's a great shooter, but defense isn't his forte.†
  • Charm, not argument, was to be her forte.†  (source)
  • Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.†  (source)
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  • ...the execution of plots is my forte.†  (source)
  • Peleovits suggests one of Brown's liberal arts fortes, maybe Political Theory.†  (source)
    fortes = strength (strong ability)
  • I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte.  (source)
  • But it was track, in which he earned four varsity letters, tied the school half-mile record, and set its mile record of 5:06, that was his true forte.  (source)
    forte = strength
  • As for the others, the General's ga ga, I think, and old Wargrave's forte is masterly inactivity.  (source)
  • As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte.  (source)
    forte = strength (a personal asset of special worth or utility)
  • Essay stood and circled to Forte and nosed him and both dogs circled back.†  (source)
    Forte = strength (strong ability)
  • I gum, you could say that's my forte.†  (source)
  • Fashion was not my forte.†  (source)
  • A career software engineer, mornings were never her forte.†  (source)
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forte as in:  forte mezzo

I especially enjoy the forte passages in the composition.
forte = an instruction in music:  to be played relatively loudly
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...the piano forte was already sending forth its sonorous harmony...†  (source)
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