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When other kids learned the alphabet, he didn’t pay attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Each letter in a standard Caesar cipher is replaced by the one three spots down the alphabet so an ‘A’ becomes a ‘D.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The American presidency is an alphabet soup of acronyms.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
"You can start playing around with the much larger code. It's like adding one more letter to the alphabet."
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
The alphabet was divided into five rows of five letters each—A through E in the first row, F through J in the second row, and so on.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing alphabet
Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for November 12–November 18, 2022
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for May 4–May 10, 2024
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