alphabet soup

noun

Definition of alphabet soupnext
as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the alphabet soup of designer drugs that were available to patrons of the once-notorious disco

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Recent Examples of alphabet soup The Nuggets’ alphabet soup TV playoff schedule is an ABCDEFU to fans. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 The alphabet soup of agencies that oversee transit planning for the Atlanta metro would change under a late-session move in the Senate to abolish the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority. — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown. — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 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. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alphabet soup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
  1. medley
  2. variety
  3. assortment
  4. jumble
  5. collage
  6. crazy quilt
  7. patchwork quilt
Noun
  • And for more of a medley, consider three different colorways to line a midcentury-modern lap pool.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2026
  • D’Angelo’s children introduced the medley, which was set against a backdrop of floor to ceiling windows looking out on a starry sky.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • The nomination for variety special (pre-recorded) means Swift herself is a nominee as the performer and a producer of the concert film, which showcased the final performance of her record-breaking tour.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Where to go From mountains to coastline, Georgia offers a variety of unique habitats for birds.
    — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • Cotliar went on to work at an assortment of local papers around Los Angeles, then caught wind that The Times had an opening.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Protect Illinois Communities Act was signed into law in 2023 by Pritzker and bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • Frequently incorporating African American women as her subjects, her paintings and collages center around race, femininity, and memory.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
  • Through the gallery, the Shannons represent Kevin West, whose work has been show at Newfields Art Museum in Indianapolis and the Cincinnati Art Museum, fiber artist Sherry Shine, and collage artist Yolanda Ward.
    — Sheryl Nance-Nash, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of collage
Noun
  • One thing that Mamdani should do on property taxes is push to reform the crazy quilt and unfair system.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • This darling coverlet has a patchwork quilt pattern reminiscent of the darling quilts grandma once had in her bedroom.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • On display, there is a patchwork quilt the queen made out of her clothing to document her sentence.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Definition of patchwork quilt

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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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