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alphabet

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


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"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

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

Centuries later, Mendel had stumbled on the essential structure of that information, the alphabet of the code.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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