How to Use lowercase in a Sentence
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The word white, when referring to race, will remain lowercase in The News.
— Mike Wilson, Dallas News, 24 June 2020 -
In the ‘50s, the American heritage brand went lowercase.
— Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 22 May 2020 -
Last week, Bea Kristi, a London teen-ager who records under the lowercase stage name beabadoobee, popped onto the mainstream’s radar.
— Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2019 -
Ads for a curvaceous couch from a cool brand whose logo was all lowercase, ads for a rainbow selection of sweatsuits, ads for candles, colorful sheet pans, and wireless bralettes.
— Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021 -
This company is now recognized by its bright red, lowercase name, but its earliest symbol was a little Dutch boy — an homage to its immigrant founders.
— Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020 -
Those meet the requirements of having at least eight characters, a special character, and upper and lowercase letters.
— Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017 -
NordPass suggests changing your passwords every 90 days with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, and creating a different password for each of your accounts.
— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020 -
This can be communicated in either upper or lowercase text.
— Rick Noack, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017 -
Use complex passwords: A complex password is one that contains at least 12 characters and a varied combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Nov. 2021 -
Also, when using a more-preferred shorthand, the Dow industrials, note that industrials is lowercase.
— WSJ, 13 May 2021 -
According to SplashData, the key is using at least 12 characters with a combination of upper and lowercase letters and characters.
— Lena Grossman, Time, 19 Dec. 2017 -
Industry standards call for passwords that are at least 16 characters in length with a random selection of upper and lowercase letters, numerals and special characters.
— Ashley Rose, Forbes, 14 June 2021 -
It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.
— Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 -
The word white, when referring to race, will remain lowercase in The News.
— Mike Wilson, Dallas News, 24 June 2020 -
In the ‘50s, the American heritage brand went lowercase.
— Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 22 May 2020 -
Last week, Bea Kristi, a London teen-ager who records under the lowercase stage name beabadoobee, popped onto the mainstream’s radar.
— Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2019 -
Ads for a curvaceous couch from a cool brand whose logo was all lowercase, ads for a rainbow selection of sweatsuits, ads for candles, colorful sheet pans, and wireless bralettes.
— Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021 -
This company is now recognized by its bright red, lowercase name, but its earliest symbol was a little Dutch boy — an homage to its immigrant founders.
— Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020 -
Those meet the requirements of having at least eight characters, a special character, and upper and lowercase letters.
— Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017 -
NordPass suggests changing your passwords every 90 days with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, and creating a different password for each of your accounts.
— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020 -
This can be communicated in either upper or lowercase text.
— Rick Noack, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017 -
Use complex passwords: A complex password is one that contains at least 12 characters and a varied combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Nov. 2021 -
Also, when using a more-preferred shorthand, the Dow industrials, note that industrials is lowercase.
— WSJ, 13 May 2021 -
According to SplashData, the key is using at least 12 characters with a combination of upper and lowercase letters and characters.
— Lena Grossman, Time, 19 Dec. 2017 -
Industry standards call for passwords that are at least 16 characters in length with a random selection of upper and lowercase letters, numerals and special characters.
— Ashley Rose, Forbes, 14 June 2021 -
It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.
— Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
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