as in literate
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
Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
In one current promotion, a balding man in a sport coat sits in front of an American flag and a shelf of gold-leaf lettered books explaining that President Trump can and will run for a third term.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The divisions are lettered from Alpha through Lima; some are smaller, some a little bigger, depending on how challenging the search areas are, McQuarrie told CNN.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
In one current promotion, a balding man in a sport coat sits in front of an American flag and a shelf of gold-leaf lettered books explaining that President Trump can and will run for a third term.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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According to family lore, Henry had somehow circumvented the state’s strict law against educating the enslaved and become literate.—
Eugene Robinson,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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The study contributes to the academic field of ethnomathematics, which identifies mathematical knowledge embedded in cultural expression by prehistoric or non-literate communities.—
Jasmin Sykes,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The infant wore a fuzzy teddy bear onesie, while Brown sported a cardigan with a dog printed on the back.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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Everything is great for a minute — until Carolyn gets to work and finds out that a picture of her being helped into a skirt on a boat with John is printed on the front page of the New York Post.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Bad Bunny in 13 minutes both entertained and educated millions.—
Ediberto Roman,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Except for Susan, none of the children appeared to be genetically related to Silvia, Song told me, because Guojun wanted egg donors who were younger, non-Asian, and more educated.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Internal decision-making can become polarized, funding relationships strained, and exhibitions evaluated through ideological lenses rather than scholarly merit.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The fact that Katherine had been institutionalized may have tainted her scholarly reputation.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In 2018, her daughter penned a plea for her mother to come forward.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Emily Henry is a 35-year-old romance writer who's penned six best-selling adult romance novels over the past five years, selling over 10 million copies worldwide.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Keller inked with the Phillies for the same terms that Weaver got.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Since 2015, the Rockies have inked just two such players — Chad Kuhl, who earned $3 million in 2022, and Dakota Hudson in 2024.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Despite the joy of making effortless, bouncy turns through untracked powder, and floating hundreds of feet through the trees in perfect silence, that’s where the dream of backcountry skiing meets grim reality, Dolan wrote.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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If the people who wrote the SNL Harry Potter–Heated Rivalry mash-up sketch really knew the genre, the rivals-to-lovers pairing would have been Harry and Draco, not Harry and Ron.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The names of every person who died in these two attacks are inscribed on the edge of the two reflecting pools.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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Some of the earliest writings — including those inscribed on papyrus in Egypt and later in ancient Greece and Rome — contain recipes for making medicines.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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