: capital letters
: a type case containing capitals and usually small capitals, fractions, symbols, and accents
Examples of uppercase in a Sentence
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Keir Simmons, NBC News, 5 July 2024
It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
There’s generally a simple formula for this one: two uppercase letters, followed by a four-digit number.
—Allison Hope, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2022
Akram Atallah, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
The script does have a string to upper case function, but that’s only for the output.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
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Adjective
Hubbard underlined the uppercase words for extra emphasis.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 5 July 2024
It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
Noun
The image looks as if Sanchez is shouting over loud club music to tell her then-boyfriend something, which is why people who used the meme format typed in all uppercase letters.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
There’s generally a simple formula for this one: two uppercase letters, followed by a four-digit number.
—Allison Hope, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2022
Verb
Make sure your employees’ passwords follow best security practices, such as containing 10 characters or more, uppercase and lowercase letters and at least one number and special character.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Noun
These are all upper case below.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
The script does have a string to upper case function, but that’s only for the output.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
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“Uppercase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uppercase. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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