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alphabet

[al-fuh-bet, -bit] / ˈæl fəˌbɛt, -bɪt /


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But over time, the system grew into an alphabet soup of programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The King is portrayed as resentful, with a "senior courtier" reporting an alleged comment by the late Queen: "He even resented it when I taught him the alphabet."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

All known life on Earth relies on the same four-letter genetic alphabet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

And speaking of word games … For a juicy twist on a game involving the letters of the alphabet, may we recommend Slate’s Pears?

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Last time I went, we came back with a car full of lamb chops, halal bologna, a huge box of dates, Ramadan decorations, and a jumbo Arabic alphabet floor puzzle.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

This began with the first alphabets and handwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The database includes misspellings, mixed alphabets, and coded inscriptions.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

She has potty-trained children, taught them Spanish, taught them their alphabets and colors and has made sure they were ready for school by the time they entered kindergarten.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024

So the Shakespeare skeptics were convinced that by looking closely at the letters used to spell each word in Shakespeare’s works, they could make out two different alphabets and uncover a code from Francis Bacon.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023

A far more important line evolved by way of the Aramaic alphabet, used for official documents of the Persian Empire, into the modern Arabic, Hebrew, Indian, and Southeast Asian alphabets.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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