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
By Malena Carollo | CalMatters Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
What does Medigap cover? Buying Medigap can be daunting, since the policies come in an alphabet soup of lettered plan choices (A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N).
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Others will require research or development by the alphabet soup of agencies involved in crafting immigration policy.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
As January trudges, many of us have already started receiving the alphabet soup of yearly tax forms.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
What does Medigap cover? Buying Medigap can be daunting, since the policies come in an alphabet soup of lettered plan choices (A, B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M and N).
—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Others will require research or development by the alphabet soup of agencies involved in crafting immigration policy.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
As January trudges, many of us have already started receiving the alphabet soup of yearly tax forms.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
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In 2015, Lopez, 55, opened the awards ceremony by dancing to a medley of the biggest songs from that year.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The medley of cheeses is carefully chosen to achieve richness and depth.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
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Types Of International Investments International investments, like U.S. investments, come in a variety of sectors and sizes.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many other long Senate speeches in history offer a variety of useful historical hints about the political significance of Booker’s record-breaking speech.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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From an assortment standpoint, data helps massively as well.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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What was wrong with an assortment of kingdoms, fiefdoms, and tribes?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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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
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These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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The collage of photos showed Chloe asleep, the couple on the red carpet and the basketball court as well as the national champion on vacation.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
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The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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Areas such as Sindh are known for reuse of textiles in a mix of practical and cultural traditions, such as patchwork quilts called Rilli, made by stitching together old clothes into colorful patterns.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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