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alphabet

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


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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

Even Americans who have never watched a minute of C-SPAN, or get a little lost in the alphabet soup of other agencies, will probably never forget standing in Yosemite Valley and admiring a towering waterfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

The American presidency is an alphabet soup of acronyms.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Because I watched her when she was putting the books away, and her mouth didn’t move at all the way mine does when I’m saying the alphabet in my head.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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