: capital letters
: a type case containing capitals and usually small capitals, fractions, symbols, and accents
Examples of uppercase in a Sentence
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
These rules require the passwords in the vault to be unique and have a minimum of 15 characters, including at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one numeric character, and one special character.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Bill Hand, USA TODAY, 10 June 2020
These are all upper case below.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
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Adjective
Personalize the front with three uppercase letters, and get ready to become the best gift-giver in your friend group.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
These rules require the passwords in the vault to be unique and have a minimum of 15 characters, including at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one numeric character, and one special character.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
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
This post is typed as a shouting tantrum (all upper case) and claims to be written by a man who called corporate headquarters in Charlotte where he was informed of this.
—Bill Hand, USA TODAY, 10 June 2020
These are all upper case below.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011
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“Uppercase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uppercase. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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