1
as in possessing
to cast a spell on
it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims
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as in meaning
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble
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Recent Examples of spelling
Yasmina spent much of her time enunciating Uz-bek-i-stan for people, spelling it out.
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Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
Try spelling the word customer backward.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
In Pennsylvania, lawmakers have still not broken out of the impasse, spelling financial distress for schools and counties that rely particularly heavily on state funding.
—Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Paul Simon, another New York songwriter, was also expert at making his home part of the narrative without spelling it out.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
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He was charged with felony counts of first-degree murder and possessing a weapon.—
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The single-page document shows that Marquez and Hunter are seeking a presidential pardon for Liddy, who was convicted in 2020 of possessing child pornography.—
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Of the 20 graduates, 11 (55%) were white; six (30%) were Latino; two (10%) were Black and one (5%) was Hmong, according to the police department, meaning about 45% in the class were minorities, according to KCKPD.—
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Hialeah elects its council members at large, meaning all candidates run citywide.—
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Just tied them all together in about a five-minute reel of me cursing a blue streak.—
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Pray for your enemies instead of cursing them.—
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Up the color spectrum, Matthew Tkachuk worked in a powder-blue jersey signifying something between no contact and light contact.—
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This is due to the Moon’s entry into your foundational 4th house, signifying a galactic prioritization of home comforts.—
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Fearing for their safety, a Border Patrol agent opened fire, striking both suspects, prosecutors allege.—
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Take a note from Fran Drescher’s Golden Globes look and stock up on her striking Laura Geller New York Makeup glam products at Amazon now.—
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WalletHub graded 18 metrics on a 100-point scale, with 100 denoting the most favorable conditions for a Thanksgiving celebration, per the study.—
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The other was an official air force photo with a gold star denoting his new rank affixed to the shoulder epaulet.—
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That group of Democrats sees Mamdani as having scored a political victory by charming the president.—
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There’s even a growing market for clunky-but-charming mini cathode-ray-style TVs — and boomboxes with streaming capability.—
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The firm also raised its price target to $63 from $61, implying nearly 13% upside from Thursday's close.—
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Trump seems to be implying that Maduro was waging not just a war with drugs against the United States, but also a war with people.—
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“Spelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spelling. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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