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verb

past tense of letter

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Recent Examples of lettered
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 See All Example Sentences for lettered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
  • Trump’s tweets are just kind of semi-literate, but Vance can actually bite.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Also, of course, I am handicapped by knowing that this couldn’t be printed in the foreseeable future, and by the fact that contemplation of this material has become painful.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The calendar, which is printed on carbon offset paper with vegetable inks, features a different rescue dog each month, each with their own survival story and wearing their own fabulous fascinator.
    Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His base appeared to be whiter, richer, and more educated than the city as a whole.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In reality, modern Asian women are both highly educated and financially independent.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • The 90-minute drama, penned by Esio Trot writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, chronicles a touching story about two people with lots in common — a sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The spellbinding play — penned by Jack Thorne with help from Rowling and the production's director, John Tiffany — first premiered in London before opening on Broadway in April 2018.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Congress fails to secure a spending plan or CR within that time frame, then another CR kicks in, continuing until a plan is inked.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this month, Disney inked a renewal with Comcast for continued carriage of the Mouse House’s networks.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This brilliant collection of short stories was published in 1953, but the author wrote much of it before World War II.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Her bridal party went viral for the prayers and affirmations the couple wrote on bayleaves that were put into a cinnamon broom handmade by Monaleo’s grandmother.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Khentika's tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Each one is fitted with a metal plate inscribed with a unique number.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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