Definition of alphabet soup
: a hodgepodge especially of initials (as of the names of organizations)
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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
Recent Examples of alphabet soup from the Web
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The rules are wonky, technical and often inscrutable, an alphabet soup of acronyms like MUDD, TOD and R-3.
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Over the Wave’s 33-plus years, its league affiliation has been a bowl of alphabet soup, from AISA to NPSL to MISL to XSL to MISL to the current MASL – the Major Arena Soccer League.
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The group’s reinvention now should distinguish it from an alphabet soup of trade associations representing financial services interests in different guises.
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Fine-detail CT scanners can visualize the ink of letters inside such scrolls, but the alphabet soup is unreadable unless each letter can be assigned to its correct position on a surface.
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Their respective governments contribute some of that money to the IMF, the World Bank and an alphabet soup of other outfits.
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The four parts of Medicare – Parts A, B, C, and D – can sometimes seem like a confusing alphabet soup.
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Don't get too bogged down in the alphabet soup of characters.
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Dozens of Airlines The list of defunct airlines is longer than a 747, and filled with more acronyms than a bowl of alphabet soup.
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First Known Use of alphabet soup
1884
ALPHABET SOUP Defined for English Language Learners
alphabet soup
Definition of alphabet soup for English Language Learners
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: a type of soup for children with small noodles that are shaped like letters of the alphabet
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