Lett
noun
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
Lett
1 American
[let]
/ lɛt /
Lett.
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Lett
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/ lɛt /
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Dominik Lett is a budget and entitlement policy analyst at the Cato Institute.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
A video Lett shot at 4:54 a.m. showed a pitch black street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2025
Mr. Jones’s aunt Betty Lett lives across the street from where the store would be built.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
The others are offensive line coach and former Miami head coach Joe Philbin, running backs coach Skip Peete, assistant defensive line coach Leon Lett and quality control analyst Kyle Valero.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023
"Your fiancée is having a great success," Mrs. Braddocks looked out on the floor where Georgette was dancing in the arms of the tall, dark one, called Lett.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Tuscan versions may be found in the Rivista di Lett. pop. p.
From Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane
To the root ab or ap, water, place the Lith. and Lett. uppe, river, whence the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Florentine law of 1509, against large dowries: Machiavelli, Lett. fam.,
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
It is enclosed by other heights named Mount York and Mount Clarence, and is watered by a small stream called the river Lett.*
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
For his religious opinions, see Leland, Lett. 16-21; Lechler pp. 425-34.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar
The director’s granddaughter Zoe Kazan hopes for similar success with her seven-part version of the novel, which stars Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Tracy Letts, Ciarán Hinds and Martha Plimpton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“This is insanity,” Elba’s president says after a hawkish general played by Tracy Letts makes the case for preemptively nuking America’s foes.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
He said it was "very early for that question" and offered no further comment, prompting Letts, 60, to raise a laugh by quipping: "I'm the next James Bond."
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
He met Coon after directing her husband, the actor and playwright Tracy Letts, in his previous films “The Lovers” and “French Exit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
For an instant Ben Letts dropped his head.
From Tess of the Storm Country by Grace Miller White
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