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capital letters

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  1. One of the two kinds of letters. Capital letters, also called upper-case letters, are larger than, and often formed differently from, lower-case letters. Capital letters are used at the beginning of a sentence or a proper name and may be used to show respect. Some examples are: “T he dog barked,” D aniel, the L ord, and Q ueen E lizabeth.


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Several geeky flourishes were added, including a quote attributed to Altman, “COMPUTE IS DESTINY,” which was engraved in capital letters around each watch’s rotor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"We won the YPF trial," Milei wrote in capital letters on the social media platform X, calling the 2-1 ruling by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York the "best possible outcome."

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

You may get those envelopes through the mail with “OVERDUE” in red capital letters, so moving your balance to a zero-interest credit card is a smart move.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

Credits at the end of “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” attribute the creation of the Bride assassin to “Q & U” — stark-white capital letters that stand in for Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

His small but childish handwriting straggled up and down the page, shedding first its capital letters and finally even its full stops: April 4th, 1984.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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