lower-case letters
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This new handwriting introduced the division between upper and lower-case letters and the practice of starting sentences with the former that we use to this day.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
And things are getting worse: these days, you find yourself forced to choose passwords with both upper- and lower-case letters, and what normal human being can remember multiple combinations of those?
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
You could buy TRS-80 hard drives and networking gear and kits to give the system lower-case letters.
From Time • Aug. 4, 2012
Sabu was looking for root access to rootkit.com. “im in europe and need to ssh into the server,” Sabu wrote in the email to Jaakonaho, using lower-case letters to suggest he was in a rush.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2012
The random variation between capital and lower-case letters after an oversized initial is as in the original.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
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