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having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the lettered crowd is well acquainted with the author, but the average reader probably hasn't heard of him
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Recent Examples of lettered
Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
Consider Your Hair Type Hair types divide your hair’s growth pattern and texture into numbered, lettered categories.
—Ava Erickson, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2025
What does Medigap cover? Buying Medigap can be daunting, since the policies come in an alphabet soup of lettered plan choices (A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N).
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Verb
They are categorized by size into lettered groups according to strength:
X-class: The strongest
M-class: 10 times weaker than X
C, B and A-class: Progressively weaker, with A-class flares typically having no noticeable effect on Earth.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
Consider Your Hair Type Hair types divide your hair’s growth pattern and texture into numbered, lettered categories.
—Ava Erickson, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2025
What does Medigap cover? Buying Medigap can be daunting, since the policies come in an alphabet soup of lettered plan choices (A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N).
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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Trump’s tweets are just kind of semi-literate, but Vance can actually bite.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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Right now, there’s a broad consensus that the global populist right understands our almost post-literate new media in a way their opponents never will.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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What eventually gets printed in the Heartland Press is less of a Washberg hit piece than a tribute.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Whatever was written or printed on the paper remains unknown.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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These reasons would suggest that the highest rates of NEET youth would be among those with fewer job opportunities, the less educated, and women.—
Kathryn Anne Edwards,
Twin Cities,
27 Oct. 2025
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Even without another industrial revolution, new technologies are improving daily life, and humanity is healthier and more educated than ever.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Check back on the second Monday of every month for a new puzzle built on clues connected to scholarly articles available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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You exec produced the show and penned the finale.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Nathaniel Halpern penned the script, with Emma Watts producing.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The streaming giant has recently inked eleventh-hour deals with Paramount, Fox and NBCUniversal.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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There’s a pair of cherries inked right above her knee.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Morelli turned to the drug as a result of his growing addiction to OxyContin, which he had been prescribed following back surgery, wrote Joslin.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Dodik wrote to Trump in September that year, following the second assassination attempt against him.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Collectors who purchased a piece gained the right to have the tattoo inscribed on their body, making the artwork participatory and transforming the skin into a living canvas.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Volpe passed away in 2016, and her famous chicken soup recipe is inscribed right from her recipe card at the top of her headstone.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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