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verb

present participle of letter

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Recent Examples of lettering
Noun
Officials also bought office supplies, snacks for district townhalls, jackets with city lettering for office staff and car rentals and flights for various events on issues like housing and economic development in Sacramento and Mexico. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 Her riffs on seemingly objective inscriptions and notations for sound and motion, often paired with handwritten lettering or musical symbols, point back not just to the body of the maker, but to her cultural world. Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025 Men sitting on the ground, surrounded by bars of soap, wrap each bar by hand in the company's signature white paper packaging stamped with blue Arabic lettering and two red keys, atop small wooden tables perched in front of them. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025 On the map, nearly corresponding to the section of the base where Frank claimed to have found the barrel, in tiny lettering, were the words chemical bomb storage. Maddy Crowell, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lettering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettering
Noun
  • Running concurrently with the parade, the Japan Street Festival will held on W. 72nd St. between Central Park West and Columbus Ave., with tents offering cultural activities including calligraphy, Yukata, origami, photo opportunities and a giveaway.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
  • The curves, the shape, the way a calligraphy pen moves—all of that inspired these brushes.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There were not enough handwriting samples of John and Frank to make a comparison, and the FBI concluded the card was probably a hoax inspired by the intense and worldwide news coverage.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • Unleash Your Genius With art and the timeless power of handwriting being central to Moleskine’s ethos, Milan Design Week, held last month, was a fitting opportunity for a celebration of pen and paper.
    Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s because the manuscript disappeared when his wife’s suitcase was stolen from a train in Paris in 1922, and now is adrift in the underworld of lost history.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
  • Last month, the Irish Traditional Music Archive — which acquired Moore’s manuscripts and recordings — announced plans for a major exhibition on his career to open in January.
    Bob Mehr, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Peter Ferry was passionately an author and teacher, inspiring decades of students in his English and writing classes at Lake Forest High School, a youthful crowd of many thousands that included such later famous people as actor Vince Vaughn and author Dave Eggers.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Dani Di Placido has been writing about film, television, and internet culture for Forbes for 8 years.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Inspired by her penmanship, the Crayola crayons came in handy as people sketched absentmindedly on paper surfaces throughout the meal.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Jeff Probst commented on this penmanship misdirection on the latest episode of his On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Which one of her books was turned into a 1995 film directed by Ang Lee, from a script written by Emma Thompson? 2 of 5 What is the name of the series that adapts Julia Quinn’s Regency-era romance novels about eight siblings in a noble family and their adventures in London’s high-society world?
    J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Services include script coverage with expert analysis, live online consultations for personalized guidance, meticulous script revisions, and comprehensive project packaging.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 May 2025

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“Lettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettering. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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