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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Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Duffy is hilariously literate, an opinionated fanboy ready to defend Nirvana against naysayers.—
Claude Peck,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The girls were already much more educated and evolved than the boys.—
Laura Snapes,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The task has traditionally fallen to curators, who maintain their scholarly independence and grapple with the complexities of mounting shows.—
Zachary Small,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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But factory-style scholarly productivity was never the essence of the humanities.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Hackman also penned two solo novels, published in 2011 and 2013 by Simon & Schuster.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Series star and executive producer Noah Wyle, who penned Episode 9, tells me that the assault on Dana is meant to represent the rise in violence against health care workers in recent years.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
27 Feb. 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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Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote a dissenting opinion.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Of those crew members, several inscribed their favorite scriptures on the raw wall and floor before stone or stucco was applied.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attached to the Statue of Liberty is a bronze plaque inscribed with a poem familiar to many Americans.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Lettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lettered. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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