alphabet soup

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Recent Examples of alphabet soup Choosing the right generative AI model—from OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic—can be tricky amid a growing alphabet soup of names and versions. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025 That’s the best way to describe how the Boys in Blue have acted as the city emblazoned on their hats and road jerseys battles Donald Trump’s toxic alphabet soup of federal agencies that have conducted immigration sweeps across Los Angeles over the past two weeks. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 This has been a common question from NASCAR fans for years, given the alphabet soup of networks where the sport’s top series air: FOX Sports, NBC, TNT, USA, The CW, FS1 and so on. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025 The potential investment in TKO follows a Saudi Arabian effort in June to create a multibillion-dollar boxing league that would aim to unite the world’s best boxers, who for decades have been divided by rival promoters and fighting for titles controlled by an alphabet soup of sanctioning bodies. Tariq Panja, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alphabet soup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
Noun
  • The medley of red and yellow tomatoes which lend the just-right balance of sweetness and acidity, plus the fresh basil, make for a vibrant main dish on the table.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Bettencourt performed with Osbourne at the show, and his band Extreme honored him with a medley of his hits at a concert in Zürich last month.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This drugstore find offers audacious shine, unmatched hydration, and 10 buildable shades (and not just the can’t-keep-in-stock Rum Raisin) that work across a very wide variety of complexions.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Both Italy and Spain claim to be the birthplace of this variety, but according to the grape geneticists, Spain appears to be the most likely place of origin.
    Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The space complements the retailer’s unique assortment of apparel and accessories, which for the anniversary will be further enriched by a selection of Gigli’s archival pieces, in a nod to Zambeletti’s roots and homage to the designer that sparked her fashion journey.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Tucked away on the corner of Brookhurst Street and Bolsa Avenue, a colorful neon sign with an assortment of fruits decorates the window of an otherwise unassuming storefront display.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But that message would have resonated just the same with the photo collage of Rice across the front and absent the words atop it.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Panels and blocks of fabric on skirts, jackets and dresses — sometimes in monochrome, other times in contrasting color — gave the collection a collage composition.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.
    Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
  • Without saying so explicitly, Gottlieb nailed the biggest challenge that the L.A. teams, and probably all four of the West Coast additions to the Big Ten, have faced all season, a crazy quilt schedule and insane travel.
    Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Its steep, meandering streets form a patchwork quilt filled with artists, spiritual seekers, motorcyclists, weekend wanderers, and retirees, each adding their own thread to the fabric.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • As such, the shift to full encryption matters less to Apple than to Google, which is all in on RCS and even took control of the global rollout across its Android ecosystem, rather than rely on the patchwork quilt of mobile networks to run a slower process.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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