spelling

Example Sentences

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It's the start of FA Cup quarter-final week at Port Vale and manager Jon Brady is spelling out some home truths to his players after another demoralising defeat.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A lot of them had excelled in school: We talked to a boy that had just won a spelling bee, for example.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“Inflation is creeping higher in our commodity trackers, spelling some potential risk for gross margin.”

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

That was a B. Which I figured I should’ve felt pretty happy about, because a B was better than a C or even a D, which was what I used to get on spelling tests.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff