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
The union is often derided for its confusing alphabet soup of acronyms and overlapping foreign policy institutions.
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Kathleen R. McNamara, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2014
The Gear, Explained First of all, what is all this alphabet soup?
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
There is an alphabet soup of microorganisms that have developed AMR such as MRSA, VRE, CRE and ESBLs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The active ingredients in these beverages comprise an alphabet soup of molecules and compounds.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
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Kathleen R. McNamara, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2014
The Gear, Explained First of all, what is all this alphabet soup?
—John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
There is an alphabet soup of microorganisms that have developed AMR such as MRSA, VRE, CRE and ESBLs.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The active ingredients in these beverages comprise an alphabet soup of molecules and compounds.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for alphabet soup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
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Hugh Jackman is delivering the medley of our dreams.Jen Juneau, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Carrots Organic carrots, as well as organic and conventional vegetable medleys containing carrots, by the brand 4Earth Farms sold from September to November in seven states were recalled due to the risk of E. coli contamination, the FDA said on Dec. 2.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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There are a variety of credit cards available to many different credit profiles, including easy-to-get card options for those with bad credit or no credit at all.Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Of course, suits come in a wide variety of fabrics for an equally varied assortment of circumstances.Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Each recipient family was to receive its own unique assortment of gifts, based on the age of their children.JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
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His assortment of businesses brought in some $2.4 billion in revenue and some $550 million in income from 2017 to 2020.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
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Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
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Released on Monday, the card features a collage of images taken throughout the year.Issy Ronald, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Kemble Interiors designers turned workout rooms into fanciful event spaces and had West Palm Beach artist Christa Wilm cover a floor-to-ceiling fireplace in a colorful collage of shells.Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jason Schmidt The Best New York Art Shows of 2024 Outsiders, Renaissance masterpieces, crazy quilts, and more.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene.Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
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French Lick Springs Hotel (1845) French Lick, Indiana Located on the upper level of the hotel’s event center, the 2024 gingerbread house features a cobblestone fireplace and an edible roof that looks like a patchwork quilt.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Each of the 254 rooms here offer that signature quirky Treehouse aesthetic: rough-hewn wood furniture, wood ceiling beams, and colorful patchwork quilts that recreate a childlike sense of being in, well, a treehouse.Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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