alliterative
adjective
al·lit·er·a·tive
ə-ˈli-tə-rə-tiv 
-tə-ˌrā-tiv
: of, relating to, or marked by alliteration
alliteratively
adverb
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The report, with the alliterative plosives of its title raining down like flecks of spit, was an opening volley in the fight to rouse sleepy bureaucrats and put them on notice.
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Jim Bennett/Getty Images Aly and AJ Michalka, better known by their alliterative stage name Aly & AJ, wanted to avoid a sophomore slump.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
State leaders were looking for ways to boost the economy aside from housing and real estate development and its famous alliterative selling points: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
That alliterative term may have lost its luster back in the Reagan administration, but its resurrection feels fitting here.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Jim Bennett/Getty Images Aly and AJ Michalka, better known by their alliterative stage name Aly & AJ, wanted to avoid a sophomore slump.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
State leaders were looking for ways to boost the economy aside from housing and real estate development and its famous alliterative selling points: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
That alliterative term may have lost its luster back in the Reagan administration, but its resurrection feels fitting here.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Alliterative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliterative. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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