uppercase
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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
Unified, student Maria Arriaga will be timed to see how many uppercase and lowercase letters she can name in a minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
“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
And all along the rooftop of the structure stood twelve-foot-tall steel posts, a picket line of uppercase Ys, each of them strung with razor wire.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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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