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- noun Plural form of
speller .
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Examples
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The idea of the Celebrity Spelling Bee is that folk in the community see who our spellers are and think to themselves, ‘If Lori Sain Smith, for example, is willing to humiliate herself by spelling in public, literacy must be important, said Ronni …
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By eight o'clock the warm schoolhouse was comfortably filled with the "spellers" of the neighbourhood, their numbers increased by competitors from Tinkletown itself.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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A couple of successful spellers exchanged high-fives as they returned to their seats.
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Boys who used chatspeak and abbreviations more frequently were poorer spellers, but girls who used more abbreviations were better spellers than their non-abbreviating ohorts.
The benefits of chatspeak ewillett 2009
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The scores on the written test will be combined with the results of Wednesday's two oral rounds to determine which spellers compete in Thursday's semifinal rounds.
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The most anxious people in the room may have been the spellers' parents.
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Instead, they discovered that good regular spellers were also good instant messaging spellers — while kids who were poor spellers in class were also poor spellers in chatspeak.
The benefits of chatspeak ewillett 2009
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Three of this year's spellers have returned for their fourth bee.
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His statistical analysis had a number of flaws — notably that his final conclusion that his international students are significantly better spellers looks only at “selected” words, without giving the selection criteria.
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Each of the spellers will receive, at minimum, a $100 gift card and a $100 U.S. savings bond.
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