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spelling

[spel-ing] / ˈspɛl ɪŋ /
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Mother, danced with dignity by Unity Phelan at the premiere, is initially garbed in a heavy golden dress with boxy letters spelling out “PROTECT” across her shoulders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the Denmark game, some fans wore T-shirts spelling out 'Love you Jesus' while others were head-to-toe in Ronaldo merch.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Corona Centennial High football team has an interesting blend of players spelling their similar first names differently, leaving coach Matt Logan to be the referee as to which parents got the spelling correct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Meta is reassuring potential Musers by spelling out “first-of-its-kind privacy, safety, and security protections,” including “Sentinel” agents to approve each Muse agent’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Took him until second grade to realize he was spelling Mississippi.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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

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

"In some of our electronic communications, we've now dropped into phonetic spellings rather than the actual spellings," Mr Chard added.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023

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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