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The reserve for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever comes off the bench for the latter-day contenders, spelling for star Caitlin Clark and averaging a respectable eight points per game.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
That indicates that the person is not particularly tuned in to the proper spelling of the word, or that they didn't do a close edit of what they wrote, Eggington explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Last week, the family was traveling to Montreal but was initially unable to board their flight because one of his daughters had a problem with the spelling of her name on her ticket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Elementary school children take diagnostic tests for phonics and spelling at the start of camp and again toward the end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Leila’s spirit repeated her request for help, spelling out, “try to.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Noah Webster, the creator of the first American dictionary of English, championed the spellings “opake,” “soop” and “spunge”—all of which now look like howlers waiting for a red pen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Other spellings of the name also made the list: Mohammed came in 21st place, with 1,760 given the name, and Mohammad in 53rd place, with 986.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
The so-called invading force of my generation assimilated to the point where our kids are named Brandon and Ashley in all sorts of spellings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
And because Jefferson's original moniker was spelled as Megalonyx, any other subsequent spellings of the name, like some that utilize the -onix suffix, are incorrect.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
The other more common spellings of that knight’s name, Perceval and Percival, had already been taken by other users.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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