Examples of alphabet soup in a Sentence
a bowl of alphabet soup
the alphabet soup of designer drugs that were available to patrons of the once-notorious disco
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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.
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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
An alphabet soup of science, education and civil liberties organizations — the ACLU, the APHA, the AAU, among others — have beaten back some of the Trump administration’s most significant policy changes in court, preserving billions in science funding.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
To be clear, UBOs wouldn’t replace the major organizations that schedule events and sanction pro boxing—including the alphabet soup of the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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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
An alphabet soup of science, education and civil liberties organizations — the ACLU, the APHA, the AAU, among others — have beaten back some of the Trump administration’s most significant policy changes in court, preserving billions in science funding.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
To be clear, UBOs wouldn’t replace the major organizations that schedule events and sanction pro boxing—including the alphabet soup of the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for alphabet soup
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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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