: capital letters
: a type case containing capitals and usually small capitals, fractions, symbols, and accents
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Arika Herron, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Historically, users were required to create passwords with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
The image looks as if Sanchez is shouting over loud club music to tell her then-boyfriend something, which is why people who used the meme format typed in all uppercase letters.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
Akram Atallah, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
The script does have a string to upper case function, but that’s only for the output.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
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Adjective
In another corner of the classroom, tutor Joshua Curtis was helping his students practice writing the uppercase and lowercase versions of letters.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Historically, users were required to create passwords with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
Architects do something similar because uppercase is easy to read.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
The image looks as if Sanchez is shouting over loud club music to tell her then-boyfriend something, which is why people who used the meme format typed in all uppercase letters.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
Verb
Make sure your employees’ passwords follow best security practices, such as containing 10 characters or more, uppercase and lowercase letters and at least one number and special character.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Noun
These are all upper case below.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
The script does have a string to upper case function, but that’s only for the output.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2011
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“Uppercase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uppercase. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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