as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the alphabet soup of designer drugs that were available to patrons of the once-notorious disco
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Recent Examples of alphabet soup
Forget the zoning charts, the staff reports, the alphabet soup of agencies.
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Chase Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2025
Most of your followers don't care about your alphabet soup.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An alphabet soup of left-wing social activist groups manned booths at Monday’s rally, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Denver Communists and Colorado Indivisible.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Troops and agents from an alphabet soup of different agencies have set up checkpoints on busy city arteries, injecting their authority into daily life.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Chase Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2025
Most of your followers don't care about your alphabet soup.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An alphabet soup of left-wing social activist groups manned booths at Monday’s rally, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Denver Communists and Colorado Indivisible.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Troops and agents from an alphabet soup of different agencies have set up checkpoints on busy city arteries, injecting their authority into daily life.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
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Their concert at ActivCare in Pacific Beach included music students from PB Middle School, while their concert at Atria La Jolla featured the duo playing a medley of songs individually and as a duet.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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After each screening, coordinators put together literacy kits, a medley of tools and activities for at-home practice.—
MAKIYA SEMINERA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Purple is the classic color of the intensely fragrant flowers of this species, but varieties that bloom in blue, lavender, and pink are also available.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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Although the restaurant has served a wide variety of dishes over the years, none have captured locals' hearts and stomachs like Workingman's Friend's enormous, nap-inducing double cheeseburgers.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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So often, luxury hotel beds are quietly elegant, deep, and sumptuous—perhaps dressed in high-thread-count Frette linens or topped with a generous assortment of cushy pillows—but there’s not always a ton of visible design that goes into the actual bed setup itself.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Area 15 is a mixed-use experiential playground, offering up an impressive assortment of retail, dining, nightlife and immersive activities.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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The restaurant’s walls are jet black and covered in a dorm room-style collage of music posters.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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With assistance from underground mainstay NoSaint, the sounds are a collage of loopy VST plugins that recall hunger-rap Drake, ethereal textures reminiscent of a Nintendo OST, and soaring orchestral organs.—
Serge Selenou,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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One thing that Mamdani should do on property taxes is push to reform the crazy quilt and unfair system.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
6 June 2025
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Pair it with a patchwork quilt and your favorite period drama.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
19 Feb. 2026
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That means shutdowns are localized, and has resulted in a patchwork quilt of Starlink connectivity, including near blackouts in some high-profile areas.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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