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
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
No more wondering about point differentials and lettered groups!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Similarly, lettered signs supported former President Donald Trump and Kari Lake and opposed Proposition 479, a measure that would extend a long-running transportation sales tax.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Shuttle — one of three such lines too short to warrant its own numbered or lettered bullet from the Transit Authority — as a relatively inconsequential piece of Gotham’s massive subway system.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Loading your audio article A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing a shortage of trains on the lettered lines, the Daily News has learned.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
No more wondering about point differentials and lettered groups!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Similarly, lettered signs supported former President Donald Trump and Kari Lake and opposed Proposition 479, a measure that would extend a long-running transportation sales tax.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Shuttle — one of three such lines too short to warrant its own numbered or lettered bullet from the Transit Authority — as a relatively inconsequential piece of Gotham’s massive subway system.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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Continue reading to see which states are the most financially literate.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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This city boasts an educated workforce; 50% of San José residents have a college degree or higher 1 in 3 San José residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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How did becoming more educated and changing your social milieu affect your relationships with people?—
David Marchese,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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There have been TikTok videos, Reddit threads and scholarly essays, all dedicated to how that one scene traumatized us all.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Graham Coop, the director of the university’s Center for Population Biology, was among nearly 250 new members announced last month by the academy, one of the nation’s oldest scholarly societies.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
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Hackman also penned two solo novels, published in 2011 and 2013 by Simon & Schuster.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Series star and executive producer Noah Wyle, who penned Episode 9, tells me that the assault on Dana is meant to represent the rise in violence against health care workers in recent years.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
27 Feb. 2025
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Culture Low Stakes Forever Nicholas Hune-Brown Gordon Korman wrote his first bestseller in seventh grade.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote a dissenting opinion.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Of those crew members, several inscribed their favorite scriptures on the raw wall and floor before stone or stucco was applied.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attached to the Statue of Liberty is a bronze plaque inscribed with a poem familiar to many Americans.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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