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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With the help of her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan), boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich), and cine-literate nerds Randy (Jamie Kennedy) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), Sidney sets out to determine who’s behind the mask.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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My grandmother, who was the only literate one in our family, would write strange musings.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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The manufacturing leads show me how quality check software monitors to catch fluke pages printed upside down or missing, but there are sometimes one or two that will slip through the system.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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Each mat features original artwork and includes clear gameplay directions printed along the edge so everyone can easily join in.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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When Caesar debuted on the small screen, television set owners were disproportionately wealthier and more educated.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One scholarly paper found that the typical retiree who claims before 70 loses $182,370 in potential Social Security income.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Leslie Hairston, a former City Council colleague of Preckwinkle’s whose South Side ward abutted hers, said Preckwinkle’s scholarly disposition shouldn’t be mistaken for indifference.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Moana is produced by Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who penned original songs for the original film.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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David Boreanaz, who played Angel in the series before starring in his own spinoff, also penned a tribute Saturday morning.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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The announcement comes just three months after Disney inked a groundbreaking deal with OpenAI.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Army already inked a brand-new $87 million contract with Anduril earlier this week, as the first task order under that agreement.—
Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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However, Fink wrote that many households don’t have enough cash on hand to make ends meet—let alone any left over to invest in volatile markets over a sustained period of time.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Golden Apple website notes that Tina Fey frequented the restaurant during her time at the Second City and wrote her scripts in the booths.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Scattered around the garden are various architectural fragments and inscribed stones of great antiquity.—
Ben Lerner,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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See historical objects and displays that shed light on an early road network still in use today, iron products made at pre-Revolutionary War iron works, and inscribed boundary stones marking estates owned by prominent Annapolitans.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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