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alphabet

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


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Since losing her apartment five years ago because of a job loss and disability, Blair said, she has tried to navigate an alphabet soup of nonprofits that manage the city’s enormous homelessness budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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

In three years, he said, he mastered the alphabet, but "it took me 22 years to master 650 words" of vocabulary.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

She called on people by the alphabet and kept her grade book open during the lessons.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

This began with the first alphabets and handwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

A major advantage of shaping photons is that it allows researchers to use high-dimensional encoding alphabets.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026

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

The tea leaves had their own alphabets and conveyed messages once the tea was gone.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye


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