spelt

Example Sentences

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The King spelt out the cornerstones: there had to be support for Nato, "keeping North Americans and Europeans safe from our common adversaries".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Although not spelt out precisely during the interview, the implication of Block’s trade rationale is that higher unemployment means economic weakness and this would in turn lead to deteriorating corporate financials.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A truck carrying Hatton's yellow three-wheeler car was at the head of the funeral procession, with the name "Ricky" spelt out in flowers.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Wilband presented him with a forged document which contained obvious errors, including the word "father" spelt "farther".

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

In modern English there are two distinct words, ‘human’ and ‘humane’, but in seventeenth-century English there is one word, usually spelt ‘humane’, with two distinct meanings.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton