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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While tech-literate consumers might navigate the pitfalls successfully, more vulnerable groups—such as the elderly or those less comfortable with technology—are left wide open to errors and exploitation.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The turbulence of the past year brings to mind the sourcing strain of the 2020 pandemic—and the ways companies became more legally literate almost overnight as a matter of survival.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sarah Fitzpatrick and Jeffrey Goldberg printed it anyway.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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The lawsuit alleged that between March and July of 2019, certain Trader Joe's locations printed receipts that displayed sensitive financial information, including more digits of customers' credit or debit card numbers than allowed by law.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Education also plays a role, with more educated women tending to have fewer children.—
Manuela Castro,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Various strands of the opposition—ethnic minorities, leftists, and educated technocrats—appeared determined to block him, even at the price of leaving the regime in place.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The class spans 55 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, with fellows chosen from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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However, these writings circulated largely within scholarly circles.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fans who watched the series will notice the musical follows the plot of season 1 fairly closely, with most of the book — penned by Cinco Paul, who co-created the series with Ken Daurio — lifted nearly verbatim from the six-episode series and condensed into a two-and-a-half-hour evening.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Based on the novel entitled The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman, Bier directed a script penned by Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On the heels of Fat Rascal, which premiered on Netflix in 2023, and amid work on Shane Gillis’ Netflix comedy series Tires, comedian Stavros Halkias has inked a deal with the streamer for another comedy special, titled Uncle Stav.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Obamas inked their producing deal with Netflix in 2018.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Raphael’s father could manage people below him but also, as a courtier who wrote an entire epic about the life and exploits of Duke Federico, flatter the powerful above him.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Kate recently wrote to us with a great question.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Technically, all inscribed or mixed Readymades were assisted, though the term was more easily understood in those works evincing Duchamp’s facture.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,100-year-old sling bullet in Israel inscribed with a pointed message aimed at enemy forces.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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