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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But with a slew of new big-money buyers in the past decade—including Jeff Bezos, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Tom Brady, and other business titans and entertainers—the alliterative title has taken hold.
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
Ah, Sober October – that alliterative time of year when some people like to take a break from drinking, perhaps to atone for the excesses of summer, or to prepare for the excesses of the holiday season.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Crockett’s blend of viral fame and determined, head-down legislative work demonstrates the potency of a Black, female politician who doesn’t tamp down aspects of her identity to appease her critics, and who is instead willing to speak sharp–and often alliterative–truth to power.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
The titles—rhythmic, alliterative, and absurdly ingenious tongue-twisters—cast an evocative spell as imagistic monostiches, that format of one-line poems favored by practitioners as diverse as Guillaume Apollinaire and John Ashbery.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
Ah, Sober October – that alliterative time of year when some people like to take a break from drinking, perhaps to atone for the excesses of summer, or to prepare for the excesses of the holiday season.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Crockett’s blend of viral fame and determined, head-down legislative work demonstrates the potency of a Black, female politician who doesn’t tamp down aspects of her identity to appease her critics, and who is instead willing to speak sharp–and often alliterative–truth to power.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
The titles—rhythmic, alliterative, and absurdly ingenious tongue-twisters—cast an evocative spell as imagistic monostiches, that format of one-line poems favored by practitioners as diverse as Guillaume Apollinaire and John Ashbery.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Alliterative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliterative. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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