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
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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
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Adjective
To embellish the swing even more, use twine to string a lettered sign between the chains.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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Henry sees the change as an unfair burden to senior riders who are not as technologically literate and low-income residents who don’t have bank accounts to link to the phone app or a credit card.—
Dylan Lysen
June 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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At Saint-Gobain, Soritsch-Renier acknowledges that the workforce is often less literate from a technology perspective, as the organization is an industrial business focused on construction materials and, as such, hasn’t been called to embrace technology at the same level as other industries.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
Verb
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The election system used throughout the political battleground state relies on a QR code printed on ballots to tally the votes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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Organizers of the protest printed a handbook for demonstrators that included a map of the security perimeter, tips on how to gear up for the march, and advice on how to behave if detained by police.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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They were meant to be read and thought about by an interested and educated public, as the authors understood the importance of public opinion not simply to the ratification process but to any democratic system.—
Jordan Cash,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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The Bay Area’s suburban population of some 5 million also has become increasingly diverse, educated and affluent.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Two years after her death, Buckingham Palace penned a latter to PETA in 2024 saying that Queen Camilla would continue the fur-free legacy.—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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Antônio Carlos Jobim had already penned most of the songs that define his legacy as the father of bossa nova when Elis Regina showed up at his door in February 1974, three-year-old son in tow, to record Elis & Tom.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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There has never quite been a critical or scholarly consensus about them, but Bellini, whose music is suspended somewhere between Rossini’s precise brilliance and Donizetti’s rhetorical force, can move audiences with his melodic facility.—
Arya Roshanian,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Verb
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The biggest award of the weekend — Best in Show — is still yet to be selected, and perhaps yet to be inked with one day of the Classic remaining.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Dippold inked an overall deal with Apple TV as the streamer renewed Widow’s Bay for Season 2, ahead of the Season 1 finale, which is available to stream on Wednesday, June 17.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
Verb
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The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century cathedral located in the heart of the city, was among the sites damaged in the attack, Zelenskyy wrote.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz wrote a new bridge.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Nearly every Giant who saw the field wore the cap, but three Giants inscribed a message on their hats, while one player avoided the Pride cap entirely.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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The tradition started when the artists inscribed each victim’s name on a ribbon and then sent them to Orlando in the months following June 12, 2016.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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