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


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The King is portrayed as resentful, with a "senior courtier" reporting an alleged comment by the late Queen: "He even resented it when I taught him the alphabet."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

Letters of the alphabet corresponded to musical notes, and the title of each piece of “music” contained other clues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

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

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This began with the first alphabets and handwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The database includes misspellings, mixed alphabets, and coded inscriptions.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

We were born with the language to play and be curious before we even understood letters and alphabets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

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

Restricting signs to those for single consonants was only the first of three crucial innovations that distinguished alphabets from other writing systems.

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


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