How to Use lowercase in a Sentence

lowercase

adjective
  • So, do any of our Wild readers have a lowercase-wild story to tell?
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The word white, when referring to race, will remain lowercase in The News.
    Mike Wilson, Dallas News, 24 June 2020
  • The company purposefully made its name all lowercase.
    Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Last week, Bea Kristi, a London teen-ager who records under the lowercase stage name beabadoobee, popped onto the mainstream’s radar.
    Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Those meet the requirements of having at least eight characters, a special character, and upper and lowercase letters.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This company is now recognized by its bright red, lowercase name, but its earliest symbol was a little Dutch boy — an homage to its immigrant founders.
    Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Ads for a curvaceous couch from a cool brand whose logo was all lowercase, ads for a rainbow selection of sweatsuits, ads for candles, colorful sheet pans, and wireless bralettes.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Internal text messages revealed through his legal dispute with Elon Musk show that Altman often sticks to all lowercase.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • NordPass suggests changing your passwords every 90 days with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, and creating a different password for each of your accounts.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Industry standards call for passwords that are at least 16 characters in length with a random selection of upper and lowercase letters, numerals and special characters.
    Ashley Rose, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
  • According to SplashData, the key is using at least 12 characters with a combination of upper and lowercase letters and characters.
    Lena Grossman, Time, 19 Dec. 2017

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