letter by letter

Example Sentences

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The RNA polymerases move along these strands and copy the stored information letter by letter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

He repeated these steps set by set, letter by letter, to articulate full sentences.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Yet there’s a reverence for the technologies that enable their words to reach a wider audience, via radio, or carefully hand-set, letter by letter, in a printing press.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

Translate words from Aurebesh, written language of the “Star Wars” galaxy, letter by letter?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019

He imagined typing the words and watching them appear on the paper, letter by letter.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo