lettered

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By 1956, hospital births were becoming more common, and midwifery textbooks were recommending that a "wrist name-tape" or "string of lettered china beads" should be attached directly to the newborn.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

At Costco’s food courts, items are pictured, oversized, on red-bordered posters with the description and price lettered below in blue on a white background.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

He lettered three years as a punter and kicker in high school, and came to WSU as a preferred walk-on.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

The canvas in “Orange Glyph” comes perched on top of a wooden stick that makes the whole ensemble look vaguely useful, like a protest sign soon to be lettered.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

And my oldest brother, Bill, led a dance band called The Jive Bombers—brass and rhythm, with cardboard fold- out music stands lettered J. B. Dances were held every weekend in one of the recreation halls.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston