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lettering

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verb

present participle of letter

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Recent Examples of lettering
Noun
As for its dark blue away jersey, that’s inspired by a traditional painting technique from capital city Buenos Aires — filete porteño — that’s used for ornamental design, combining brilliant, swirling colors with specific lettering styles. Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes. Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 After midnight on June 13, workers were still erecting a scaffold needed to remove the lettering. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 June 2026 The teal storefront with gold lettering, outside which patrons sip egg coffees with pups at their feet, is easy to spot. Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lettering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettering
Noun
  • Kyoto calligraphy is often paired with tea ceremonies.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • As preschoolers dance, paint and play inside a Sunset Park daycare center, seniors sing traditional Chinese opera, exercise and practice calligraphy just one block away.
    Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Some attendees spent months creating their costumes, sewing patterns and 3D-printing props just to attend the convention, and that dedication was shared by many at Charlotte Big Anime.
    Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2026
  • All three materials required a glue-stick coating on the build plate and printing with a brim to ensure reliable adhesion.
    Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting.
    Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • George Hodel’s handwriting also resembled that on notes sent by the killer to law enforcement.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Petrovic, meanwhile, is signed through the 2028-29 season after inking his two-year deal.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • The Knicks could lose some second-unit pieces such as Mitchell Robinson, but one key bench player, Landry Shamet, is back in the fold after inking a four-year, $24 million contract to stay put Monday.
    Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
  • The manuscript, a treatise of Epicurean philosophy also likely written by Philodemus, was entirely unknown to scholars before the Challenge.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Tech giants have argued that AI will benefit society by creating new jobs and making people more productive, handling digital drudgery like sifting through emails, writing code, editing photos and catching up on the news.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • The veteran filmmaker won an Oscar for writing The Producers.
    Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • But while in his penmanship, the recipe still has her hands all over it.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Many pointed to an episode from the month prior, where a response from contestant Sadie Goldberger was not accepted because of her penmanship.
    Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is penning the screenplay.
    Zack Sharf for Variety, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • The series was conceptualized by Victoria Holmes, one of many writers penning the novels under the pseudonym Erin Hunter for HarperCollins.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 June 2026

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“Lettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettering. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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