alphabet
noun
, -bət\
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ABC(s), basics, elements, essentials, fundamentals, grammar, principles, rudiments
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To the Letter The last names of 64% of registered voters in the U.S. begin with the letters A through M. That means voting lines based on splitting the alphabet in half are likely to be vastly unequal. — Jo Craven Mcginty, WSJ, "A Long Wait to Vote? Odds Are, You Were in the A-to-M Line," 16 Nov. 2018 Floyd has added two new entirely artificial letters to that ancient alphabet. — Rob Reid, Ars Technica, "Ars on your lunch break, week 4: Our closing remarks on Fermi’s Paradox," 13 July 2018 Add alphabet stickers in corner or center of notebook desired to spell out recipient's name or monogram. — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, "11 Ridiculously Awesome DIY Gifts for Your BFFs," 12 Sep. 2018 Add alphabet stickers in corner or center of notebook desired to spell out recipient's name or monogram. — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, "11 Ridiculously Awesome DIY Gifts for Your BFFs," 12 Sep. 2018 Start typing each letter of the alphabet and see what pops up. 7. — Kim Komando, Fox News, "8 clever ways that tech can reveal a cheating spouse," 15 Sep. 2018 This launches a tour of O’Reilly's thoughts on platforms and other tech ecosystems—and those who abuse them (exhibit A is Microsoft, exhibit B is Twitter, followed by an entire alphabet of rogues). — Rob Reid, Ars Technica, "Ars on your lunch break: Tim O‘Reilly discusses the birth of “open source”," 1 Aug. 2018 And some students couldn’t even grasp all the letters of the alphabet. — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, "Supporting school libraries a real no-brainer," 13 May 2018 Add alphabet stickers in corner or center of notebook desired to spell out recipient's name or monogram. — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, "11 Ridiculously Awesome DIY Gifts for Your BFFs," 12 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'alphabet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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