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[let-er] / ˈlɛt ər /




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Send Contractor B a letter explaining that you selected him based on his reputation for workmanship and his promised timeline, only to discover that he subcontracted the project to Contractor A without your consent.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Hochman at first defended the charges, pointing out that as a sworn officer, Flores had an even higher duty to adhere to the letter and spirit of the law.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

More than 80 performers have signed the letter, with Derry Girls actor Siobhán McSweeney saying she was "deeply worried" that the government was lagging behind.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“In the letter, he used the words vaccine or vaccination eight times.”

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

One of them—signing their name only as “M. M. C.”—writes a furious letter to The Evening Star in Washington, DC, calling Joey’s trip to America a “foolish and dangerous stunt.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

But two letters recently obtained by The Guardian and AP indicate that’s not true.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The UC debate over whether to restore SAT and ACT emerged as one of the university’s most closely watched issues after more than 3,000 UC faculty signed open letters demanding the exams return.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Three letters to describe a cord that our puzzle writer always inserts the wrong way?

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

The BBC has tried to contact Singh by email, phone and social media and has also hand delivered letters to his home and workplace.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Each time the buggy came there were two letters from Mama: one for Papa and one for Grandma and Grandpa.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

He is confident that the Electra is so well-preserved in the icy depths that a photograph will show its radio registration — NR16020 — lettered on its wings.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2024

And, in an odd side effect, it upended Khan el-Khalili’s normally placid gold jewelry and bullion stores, with their old-fashioned curly lettered signage and the Quranic recitations drifting ceaselessly from dusty speakers.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

Sitting in front of the Wales Millennium Centre's famous lettered windows, Mr Farrow said the cost of "just opening the doors and running this facility" has gone up by £1m per year since 2019.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2023

He lettered from 1963-65 on Kentucky’s varsity under Charlie Bradshaw after playing on the freshman squad and was a consensus first team All-America as a senior.

From Washington Times Oct. 30, 2023

He had had an unpaid internship at a small architecture firm in Cambridge, where he’d run errands at Charrette for the designers, been sent to photograph nearby sites, lettered a few drawings.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This early-to-mid 19th century craft involves applying artwork, lettering and gold leaf backwards onto glass panes, as often seen in traditional pubs or shop fronts.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The gold lettering reads, “Gracias Dios por este logro — Thank you, God, for this accomplishment.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Accessorizing the lock box was a button with bold white lettering screaming at me to “PUSH FOR ASSISTANCE.”

From Salon May 22, 2026

The lettering had been stripped from the building, leaving only a faint imprint of the school’s name on the facade.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

If you visit the grave, you might notice something curious about the lettering of that last line.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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