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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
Many fans predicted the cover art would be orange because of the colors used for the New Heights episode, but the cover is primarily mint green with some orange lettering. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025 Plastic faded the blonde color of butter with age and the lettering smeared away, big thumbprint smearing a lilac hollow through the violet plastic of the power button. Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025 Swift asked Jason in the video, pulling out a mint green briefcase with her initials on them in orange lettering. Marina Watts, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Posted in bold, bright lettering so it is not missed, Trina shared that even she was slightly taken aback by the booking. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for lettering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettering
Noun
  • Affluent area residents and Kyoto aristocratic families supported arts following classical traditions, funding Kōetsu’s production of ceramics, calligraphy, and lacquerware.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When Meghan presents Smyth with a travel bag featuring her calligraphy, the chef recalls Meghan lending her artistic touch to the wedding menus.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That trade-off has left researchers searching for a way to make printing both eco-friendly and durable.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cute + creepy = money-printing machine.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Recent research using brain imaging has revealed that handwriting activates a broader network of the brain—including areas associated with memory, motor control, and language—than typing does.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But by 2016, stickers replaced handwriting as mobile ordering grew more popular, and the practice completely disappeared in 2020 with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Pac-12 has undergone extraordinary change in the last two years, between losing 10 of its 12 members, gaining nine new member schools next year and inking at least two long-term media partnerships.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Williams Racing has continued to lean into the lifestyle and fashion space, inking deals with All Saints, Carl Friedrik and Abercrombie & Fitch.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The final edition, which Knopf has sent to the printers, includes a foreword that outlines the changes in Giuffre’s life since the manuscript was completed in the fall of 2024.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His manuscripts are displayed in museums across the world, having attained an almost mythical status.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But there were also unexpected bonuses to writing between takes.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The students spent about three months gathering data, interviewing dozens of sources and writing and editing stories under the guidance of a former Star reporter now teaching at Notre Dame.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company provided side-by-side comparisons of GPT-5’s penmanship versus GPT-4o for things like wedding toasts and poems.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Cursive penmanship has been kicked to the curb in the past two decades by technology that favors keyboards over paper and pen.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • There was no external funding, so the creation of this film was essentially a group of friends clustered around the script, having intense artistic conversations, and nothing else existed outside that circle.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Carey discovered an immediate connection to Locock’s script, which deepened after learning about the filmmaker’s neurodivergence.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Lettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettering. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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