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
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
No more wondering about point differentials and lettered groups!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Similarly, lettered signs supported former President Donald Trump and Kari Lake and opposed Proposition 479, a measure that would extend a long-running transportation sales tax.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Shuttle — one of three such lines too short to warrant its own numbered or lettered bullet from the Transit Authority — as a relatively inconsequential piece of Gotham’s massive subway system.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Loading your audio article A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing a shortage of trains on the lettered lines, the Daily News has learned.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
No more wondering about point differentials and lettered groups!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Similarly, lettered signs supported former President Donald Trump and Kari Lake and opposed Proposition 479, a measure that would extend a long-running transportation sales tax.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Shuttle — one of three such lines too short to warrant its own numbered or lettered bullet from the Transit Authority — as a relatively inconsequential piece of Gotham’s massive subway system.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
Adjective
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Ensuring that our state’s children are literate has a profound impact on Illinois’ future workforce, economy and safety.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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This makes one wish that policymakers (and others among the intellectual elite) were far more literate in economics.—
Richard Lorenc,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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Obstacles to home ownership left Black families poorer and less educated than whites, disparities that helped to drive lower rates of voter turnout among Blacks in southern states than in the rest of the country until the 1990s, and lower turnout than whites until the 2008 election.—
Made by History,
TIME,
25 Mar. 2025
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Through collaboration, everyone from vets to pet parents can start embracing AI for better pet health outcomes: getting rid of Dr. Google, anxiety and moving toward a more educated and conscious way to treat pets and their diseases and needs.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.—
Cyril Labbé,
The Conversation,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Newsom has attempted to convince Oakland leaders to change the city’s pursuit policy before, including in an open letter penned last July.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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Several of the top 10 authors also penned the top 10 titles of the year, which included Hannah's The Women, Yarros' Fourth Wing and Iron Flame and Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses, according to Libby.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote a dissenting opinion.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Culture Low Stakes Forever Nicholas Hune-Brown Gordon Korman wrote his first bestseller in seventh grade.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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In early December, UNESCO inscribed a brand new batch of international traditions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Dec. 2024
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It was found close to the sites of early synagogues, mosques and churches and was inscribed with the 10 Biblical laws in Paleo-Hebrew script.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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