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For decades, getting the most out of the terminal required that traders memorized an arcane and bewildering set of three- and four-letter keyboard commands and shortcuts, each of which called up a different feature, function, or dataset.—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 The blue-and-yellow, four-letter logo adorns more than half the credit and debit cards Americans keep in a wallet sleeve or in a digital app.—Brandon Holveck, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Most notably, the album is not a four-letter title as fans expected, after her 2021 debut, Sour, and 2023’s Guts.—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 Where did the four-word, four-letter line come from?—David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for four-letter