lettered

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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

In the evening/night, I recommend time-stamping texts to friends and also having a prearranged meeting point, such as a numbered and lettered speaker column at the larger stages.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

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 three years as a punter and kicker in high school, and came to WSU as a preferred walk-on.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

“Oh my stars and garters' M.T. L. Mary Todd Lincoln! And I’ve got Abe Lincoln’s own stovepipe hat. His name’s lettered in on the sweatband!”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck