letter-size
Americanadjective
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(of paper) measuring approximately 8½ × 11 inches (22 × 28 centimeters).
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(of office supplies and equipment) made for holding letter-size sheets of paper.
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That policy was then altered to allow the public to hold small letter-size signs inside Cordell Hull, but banned any signs on sticks or poles.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
Even in the streets, evidence of the upcoming elections is limited to some small banners over streets and letter-size candidate posters pasted to light poles.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
Print two enlargements of the crater on letter-size paper.
From National Geographic Kids • Jun. 17, 2019
The 33-year-old MacConnell — boyish, equally fit — wore black jeans and a white T-shirt as he sketched on a letter-size sheet of paper with his blue ballpoint pen.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018
I find after having written many diaries of many forms, that I have now to regret I did not at first choose some particular size, say "letter-size," and so have had all my diaries uniform.
From How to Camp Out by Gould, John Mead
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