lettering 1 of 2

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lettering

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verb

present participle of letter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lettering
Noun
The design is perhaps a bit more aggressive than before – largely thanks to the trick DRLs with #2 lettering. New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2026 The suspects were described as two Black males, one wearing a black T-shirt with white lettering and denim shorts, and the other with a long-sleeve black shirt. Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 It was packaged in a maroon wrapper with silver lettering. David P. Willis, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The first advertises the restaurant’s name and the second larger sign advertises the lunch special in red and white lettering. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 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
  • Lingerie companies are printing money again and trans seems to be in the rearview mirror for SI.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Create Stamps Make your own stamps for painting and printing at home.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • But my handwriting is terrible, so if anyone tried to read them, there's not a chance.
    Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • The Secret Service conducted a handwriting comparison analysis of the words, which led to the arrest of David Hoffman.
    Phillip M. Carter, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • After inking a long-term contract extension this offseason, LaFleur needs to deliver now for one of the most storied franchises.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • His daughter Pam Wasserstein took over as CEO of New York Media before inking a deal for the company’s sale to Vox Media in 2019, which included the flagship magazine and the Vulture pop-culture site, in an all-stock deal designed to gain synergies of scale.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • In a new manuscript, the company shows just how essential having that reserve of spare atoms can be.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
  • The manuscript was discovered earlier that year, along with a cover sketch and even notes on the overall direction for the illustrations.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • This includes my place not only as a writer—who like my grandfather had, is writing books, teaching college, and engaged in psychoanalytic thought—but also as a someone who has similarly dedicated her life to the pursuit of learning, understanding, and expression through language.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • His strength is writing policy, not executing it.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The highest enrollment was likely in 1909, with some 90 students studying bookkeeping, telegraphy, penmanship, math and English.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Cursive Academy, founded by husband and wife Terrell and Chelsea Whittington, earned its nonprofit status in November 2025 and partners with organizations, companies and individuals to resurrect the art of penmanship.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Plenty of gossip also leaked out from behind the scenes — rumors that the actors were overworked, and that Levinson’s constant and last-minute script changes cost time and money and drove some of them to the verge of quitting.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
  • Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026

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“Lettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettering. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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