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
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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Financially literate people tend to build more wealth, live happier lives and even have better health outcomes.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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This was not a revolt driven by the literate few.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The firearm components, many of them 3D printed, included switches that allowed semi-automatic weapons to be fired as fully automatic, triggers, and frames for Glock handguns, according to police testimony.—
PJ Green
September 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since the coup in 2021, the central bank has issued 30 trillion kyat—a tenfold increase over the roughly three trillion kyat printed in 2020.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Young adults are delaying these key milestones Research also indicates that people who are more likely to get married tend to be older, more educated, and wealthier.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Study Has Some Limitations People in the study tended to be healthier and more educated, Guo says, which could potentially skew the findings.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, scholarly knowledge was becoming more specialized and professionalized.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The idea of a faculty committee empowered to vet scholarly publications for racial bias has, ineluctably, a Star Chamber vibe.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing penned the script from an original story by Ridge.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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This intense-looking sci-fi sequel penned by Chris Sparling and Mitchell LaFortune is produced by Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road Pictures, and G-base Entertainment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The slugger inked a 10-year, $10 million personal services contract as part of his $240 million deal in Anaheim before the 2012 season.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Google and NBCUniversal inked a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, keeping the networks on the service for now as the sides work to hammer out final terms.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Comedian and actress Tina Fey wrote the screenplay.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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When Oxford High School was the site of mass shooting in 2021, her students wrote poems for students there.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The practice began in earnest with Anders Breivik, who in 2011, motivated by White supremacy, carried out a mass killing of over 70 people in Norway, Rutland said, adding Breivik inscribed slogans on his weapons and gave them names after Norse gods like Odin and Thor.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Verbatim Thurgood Marshall In a speech marking the bicentennial of the US Constitution, Marshall argued that its framers intentionally inscribed slavery into the American economy.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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