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general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based
you need to learn the alphabet of genealogy before you can move on to more advanced study
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Recent Examples of alphabet
Generation Beta follows Generation Alpha, in line with the Greek alphabet.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Kids who are just learning their letters will love this educational alphabet book that will teach the littlest celebrators all about the holiday.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Sparing no details, Bell designed an album cover and wrote the lyrics to a track for each letter of the alphabet.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Yellow: Words that all relate to a certain letter in the alphabet.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Kids who are just learning their letters will love this educational alphabet book that will teach the littlest celebrators all about the holiday.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Sparing no details, Bell designed an album cover and wrote the lyrics to a track for each letter of the alphabet.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Yellow: Words that all relate to a certain letter in the alphabet.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet
Noun
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Some of the stream's elements worked, but it was still plagued by technical mishaps.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024
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But what stood out the most about the whole look was none of these elements.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Bevin’s grammar and politics were visceral rather than learned.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The primary impact was to tournament players and to the pedantic rule grammar police.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Traditional solutions, such as static knowledge bases, exacerbate the problem with poor user adoption, outdated structures, and inadequate search capabilities.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The company states its detection model shouldn’t be used as the sole basis for actions against a student.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Alphabet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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