Alphabetical Definition & Meaning

Examples of alphabetic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So how could China make its characters fit into a world dominated by alphabetic languages? — Hugo Restall, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022 Here is an alphabetic look at the other nine former quarterbacks coaching at their alma mater at the FBS level. — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 The ballot also will include a list of replacement candidates in randomized alphabetic order. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021 As Lydia Wilson wrote for Smithsonian magazine earlier this year, the evolution of alphabetic writing advanced after the late Bronze Age collapse, around 1200 B.C. — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021 Here is an alphabetic look at a handful of them, competition that in some cases will likely carry over to fall camp. — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021 The first introduction of the Greek lettering system fascinated many in 2005, which had never been used since the international, rotating alphabetic name system began in 1953. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021 Some seem to follow an alphabetic theme—Zocavia, Zocania, Zonkim—while others are pure etymological puzzles: Biacolum, Qansi, NYZNIA. — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021 Our vocal tract, with its singular configuration of tubes, evolved to expel an alphabetic array of speech sounds at an astonishing rate. — Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2021 See More

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