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
Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
In one current promotion, a balding man in a sport coat sits in front of an American flag and a shelf of gold-leaf lettered books explaining that President Trump can and will run for a third term.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The divisions are lettered from Alpha through Lima; some are smaller, some a little bigger, depending on how challenging the search areas are, McQuarrie told CNN.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
In one current promotion, a balding man in a sport coat sits in front of an American flag and a shelf of gold-leaf lettered books explaining that President Trump can and will run for a third term.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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According to family lore, Henry had somehow circumvented the state’s strict law against educating the enslaved and become literate.—
Eugene Robinson,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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The study contributes to the academic field of ethnomathematics, which identifies mathematical knowledge embedded in cultural expression by prehistoric or non-literate communities.—
Jasmin Sykes,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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The newspaper printed its last edition in June 2021 after police raided its office and froze its assets.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The rectangular flag sign was professionally made, with black uppercase letters printed neatly in three decks over a white background, with hints of the American flag at the top and bottom.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Except for Susan, none of the children appeared to be genetically related to Silvia, Song told me, because Guojun wanted egg donors who were younger, non-Asian, and more educated.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ricart, a former chair of the National Automobile Dealers Association, has seen that rate double at his lot as consumers have become more educated.—
Summer Ballentine,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The fact that Katherine had been institutionalized may have tainted her scholarly reputation.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brown-Grier argued that this knowledge gap is not just a scholarly problem but a governance one.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Culkin penned a moving tribute to O’Hara and posted photos of them sharing an embrace in their 1990 holiday hit and a 2023 reunion at the ceremony for Culkin’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Screenwriter David Koepp penned the script based on a story by Spielberg.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Feb. 2026
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Last October, the AIIB inked cooperation agreements with four Malaysian banks—Maybank, CIMB, AmBank and BPMB—to mobilize $6 billion to finance green infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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With San Jose pushing to attract manufacturing, research labs and data centers, city officials say PG&E is on track to provide power to a dozen major projects by 2030, as highlighted in a deal inked with the utility giant last year.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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As Matthew Futterman wrote, Vonn has always gone all-in, never more so than now.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Factors such as roast level, bean origin and brewing technique may influence concentrations of caffeine and other compounds, the authors wrote.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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As part of the proposal, Watkins gave Johnson a piece of wood inscribed with Taylor Swift lyrics.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Key Background The iconic diamond was originally a gift from Mughal emperor Shah Jahangir, who ruled from 1605 to 1627, to his wife Nur Jahan, whose name is inscribed on the pendant’s surface.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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