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  2. Alphabet agencies - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1990s, the term "alphabet agencies" has been commonly used to describe the agencies of the U.S. national security state. Many are members of the United States Intelligence Community, [3][4] and several were founded or expanded in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. [5][6][7][8] Alphabet agencies in this sense of the term may ...

  3. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    To remember the order of taxa in biology (Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, [Variety]): "Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup" is often cited as a non-vulgar method for teaching students to memorize the taxonomic classification of system.

  4. Taxonomy mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    Taxonomy mnemonic. Taxonomy mnemonics are used to memorize the scientific classification applied in taxonomy. They are usually constructed with a series of words that begin with the letters KPCOFGS, corresponding to the initials of the primary taxonomic ranks. Words beginning with D (corresponding to domain) are sometimes added to the beginning ...

  5. Alphabet soup (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Alphabet soup is a metaphor for an abundance of abbreviations or acronyms, named for a common dish made from alphabet pasta. Its use dates at least as far back as Franklin D. Roosevelt's alphabet agencies of the New Deal. [1] In the United States, the federal government is described as an alphabet soup on account of the multitude of agencies ...

  6. Word search - Wikipedia

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    Word search. A word search, word find, word seek, word sleuth or mystery word puzzle is a word game that consists of the letters of words placed in a grid, which usually has a rectangular or square shape. The objective of this puzzle is to find and mark all the words hidden inside the box. The words may be placed horizontally, vertically, or ...

  7. Alphabet soup - Wikipedia

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    Alphabet Soup (TV series), the television series. Alphabet Soup Children's Entertainment, a Canadian children's band. "Alphabet Soup", a song by Bell X1 from Music in Mouth. "Alphabet Soup!" (Barney & Friends), an episode of Barney & Friends. Alphabet agencies, created as part of former U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.

  8. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing to beginners. To use phonics is to teach the relationship between the sounds of the spoken language (phonemes), and the letters (graphemes) or groups of letters or syllables of the written language. Phonics is also known as the alphabetic principle or the alphabetic code. [1]

  9. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standard written representation for the sounds of speech. [1]