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alphabet

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


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"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

Before our kids even learn the alphabet, we hand them tablets, and we know from neurological imagery that it is rotting their brains.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

"Korean is known as the most scientific language on the planet and the actual alphabet you can learn in four hours," she said.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

The museum is adorned with the 36 letters of the Armenian alphabet and a glass hazarashen skylight, inspired by traditional roofs in homes across the Armenian Highlands.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2026

What are the differences between letters of the alphabet and music pitch names?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

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

Above the stage, “Elvis” was spelled out in different alphabets, and there were flashing lights that presented an image of him swiveling with a guitar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2023

The third and last innovation leading to modern alphabets was to provide for vowels.

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




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