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[let-er] / ˈlɛt ər /




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For those who did not read the letter you cite, a retired pastor wrote to The Moneyist to report that he had retired comfortably after earning $30,000 a year for most of his working life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

We obtained a letter Ms. Whitmer sent to Prime Minister Cem Özdemir of the German state Baden-Württemberg, where Mercedes is headquartered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The person we needed to deliver the letter to was out, but a friendly employee agreed to place it on his desk.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

He said he and his flatmates were "shocked" when they received a letter explaining their Firmus energy bills would be rising by 12.5%.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I took the horrible letter and since I couldn’t bear to have it close to my own body, I folded it into a book instead and set the book on top of my trunk.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

One of his daughter's letters read: "Dear Daddy, I don't even know where to start. How could you do such a thing?"

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The senators’ letters ask State Farm, Allstate and others to disclose the breakdown of home and auto claims they have closed without payment, including how many were formally denied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

This week, they sent letters to the chief executives of all four corporations asking them to sign the pledge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The author himself was conflicted about her, writing Cathy as a dangerous beauty incapable of empathy in his book, yet expressing how dear she was to him in letters to his editor, Pascal Covici.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The last thing Robert or his family wanted was the newspapers getting hold of Elisha’s letters or asking Maggie for details about their so-called marriage.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

By 1956, hospital births were becoming more common, and midwifery textbooks were recommending that a "wrist name-tape" or "string of lettered china beads" should be attached directly to the newborn.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

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

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

And my name, my full name, prettily lettered on a card to tell the whole world who had created this mess.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The sign has gone, though the shape of the lettering can still be made out; the windows are blacked out and the doors boarded up.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

New lettering was installed the next day on the front portico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

In December, the board decided to rename the institution and new lettering bearing Trump's full name was affixed to the centre's front portico the next day.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

I walked down the black-tiled hallway, past many doors that were half glass, each one labelled with a room number in neat black lettering.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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