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four-letter word

[fawr-let-er, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌlɛt ər, ˈfoʊr- /


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“Lull” is a four-letter word at most companies in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

That four-letter word should put them on notice, if this is a scam.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

"That's why golf is the worst four-letter word in the world," he joked afterwards.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

In Katherine Rundell’s collection of short essays, “Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures,” the answer begins with a four-letter word we should all do more of: care.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

She willed herself to decipher them the way she would decipher an unfamiliar four-letter word, each symbol lined up one after another.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee