alphabet soup

noun

Definition of alphabet soupnext
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 Staying up to date on the alphabet soup of laws like ERISA, the ACA, COBRA and HIPAA definitely requires some proactive monitoring of regulatory changes. — Beth Latchana, Forbes.com, 13 May 2026 The Nuggets’ alphabet soup TV playoff schedule is an ABCDEFU to fans. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 The alphabet soup of agencies that oversee transit planning for the Atlanta metro would change under a late-session move in the Senate to abolish the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority. — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown. — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alphabet soup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alphabet soup
  1. medley
  2. variety
  3. assortment
  4. jumble
  5. collage
  6. crazy quilt
  7. patchwork quilt
Noun
  • After an opening medley that spans New Orleans jazz and bounce, the record’s signposts grow increasingly fuzzy.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The monitoring detected a medley of air contaminants commonly associated with burning fossil fuels.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • For families Traveling families have a variety of room choices, with some suites offering kitchenettes, separate living areas, multiple rooms, and private balconies to spread out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Across six hour-long episodes, the show follows a variety of urban animals to uncover the challenges of living alongside the human race.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • Our success so far has been 100 percent chalked up to using the constraint of our assortment as our superpower.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • At Liberty London, buyers order a significant portion of the range through pre-collections, which gives their assortment a strong commercial foundation.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • During my visit, the museum showed an exhibit about how Yves Saint Laurent engaged with Matisse’s work, displaying Saint Laurent’s clothing alongside the paintings and collages that inspired them.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Among them, artist Vinca Petersen’s sprawling collage of photos, flyers and diary entries capturing underground rave scenes across the UK and Europe.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of collage
Noun
  • 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
  • There’s everything from 19th-century crazy quilts to vintage napkins, even a bag of stretchy strings.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • Instead, the island became self-sufficient, with the majority of residents managing their own farmland, with the island still bearing its patchwork quilt of stone walls and boundary lines.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Or — most recently — the patchwork quilt of eligibility lawsuits across the nation, with circumstances that seem to change by the hour?
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of patchwork quilt

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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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