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alphabet

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


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That finding helps explain why the enzyme can accurately copy information written using an expanded 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

Because it was the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the children gathered inside the prayer hall to recite the Quran, she recalls, before she began teaching her pupils a new letter of the Persian alphabet.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Amil and I went outside after Dadi made us write the alphabet ten times even though I’ve been writing my alphabet since I was six.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

Czernowitz was by then a Habsburg afterimage: Jews, Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians and Poles, brushing past one another in schools, markets and cafes, their lives conducted in competing alphabets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

Thanks to their potential advantage of combining precision with simplicity, alphabets have now been adopted in most areas of the modern world.

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


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