alphabet

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

The image below zooms in on Palisades Village and the alphabet streets to the northeast on the same days as in the previous image.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

There sat easily a hundred and fifty mice, at three or four long tables—yardsticks supported by alphabet blocks.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck