spelling
Example Sentences
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Tansy said we had to look up the meanings of the words too, though we’d always thought just spelling them was plenty.
From Literature
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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
“Inflation is creeping higher in our commodity trackers, spelling some potential risk for gross margin.”
From Barron's
Missives from titans of business and politics show a striking disregard for spelling, punctuation and proper grammar.
Crude prices more than doubled, contributing to recessions in the U.S. and arguably spelling the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.