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[spel-ing] / ˈspɛl ɪŋ /
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The reserve for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever comes off the bench for the latter-day contenders, spelling for star Caitlin Clark and averaging a respectable eight points per game.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Distributors are asked to provide the metadata for each individual song, which makes it possible for a bad actor to submit music using an existing artist's name, or one with a very similar spelling.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Last week, the family was traveling to Montreal but was initially unable to board their flight because one of his daughters had a problem with the spelling of her name on her ticket.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Lloyd Blankfein is spelling out the unwritten rules of Wall Street style.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Tansy said we had to look up the meanings of the words too, though we’d always thought just spelling them was plenty.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

The so-called invading force of my generation assimilated to the point where our kids are named Brandon and Ashley in all sorts of spellings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2025

And because Jefferson's original moniker was spelled as Megalonyx, any other subsequent spellings of the name, like some that utilize the -onix suffix, are incorrect.

From Science Daily Mar. 26, 2024

The authorities from police forces in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have given different ages and name spellings for the escapees.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

That is why you might see “Muscogee” or “Muskogee,” as well as “Maskoke,” on highway or street signs where Muscogee people live; it’s the same word but with different spellings.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz



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