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Asked for a comment on what the correct spelling should be, Logan replied, “Which one?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Charging parents just to sit with their children is a rip-off, plain and simple," he added, and being "hit with a hefty fee for a simple spelling mistake on a booking form isn't right either".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Once he was safely in Britain, MI6 shared his intelligence with the CIA, spelling out the full extent of the KGB’s Iranian ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
A trust gives you more control by spelling out your wishes in detail.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Headmaster turned to gaze at the schoolyard, where Class Two students were standing in rows and reciting their spelling lessons.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
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
Other spellings of the name Mohammed and Mohammad also made the top 100 list for England and Wales.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
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
For the last couple nights, Nailer had lain in his bunk, his head filled with words and letters, dreaming of spellings that Knot had tricked him with.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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