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uppercase

[uhp-er-keys] / ˈʌp ərˈkeɪs /
NOUN
capitalization
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WEAK
lowercase lowercase letter minuscule small letter


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The economy has shifted from a lowercase k to an uppercase one, a Wall Street researcher told me this past week.

From Barron's Dec. 4, 2025

Taylor-O’Connor: Ellie’s path is she’s teaching herself uppercase letters right now.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

“Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today,” it reads in uppercase letters rendered in an eye-popping, pink font.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2024

He confessed: “For the exercise on the L.A. Times website, I had no idea how to write the uppercase ‘G’ or the uppercase ‘Z’ in cursive; I was really just guessing.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2024

The alphabet was spelled out in a rainbow of uppercase letters.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

But Los Angeles is only the latest example of what has become a major new trend in U.S. life�listening and looking and reading and doing the things uppercased as Art.

From Time Magazine Archive

It consists of using a dollar sign before an uppercased form of a word or acronym to suggest any random member of the class indicated by the word.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Forever uppercasing the Academy no matter what the stylebook says, The only thing to hate about The Artist is how likeable it is.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2012



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