as in beginning
the point at which something begins
money is not the alpha and omega—the beginning and end—of life's purpose
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Recent Examples of alpha
Six Runners will be available at launch, yet the recent alpha only featured four: Locus (a tanky soldier type), Glitch (a hacker who can disrupt entire teams), Void (a sneaky character with camo cloak and other tricks), and Blackbird (a scout who can reveal where nearby Runners are).
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 9 June 2025
Her story illustrates the power of prioritizing estate planning alpha.
—John Jennings, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
By contrast, decreases in alpha and beta brain waves signal mental fatigue.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
The real alpha in the next decade will be generated not just by optimizing businesses but by building them differently—by successfully synthesizing venture speed, entrepreneurial energy and private equity discipline within these new, technologically enabled platform models.
—Mitt Mehta, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 9 June 2025
Her story illustrates the power of prioritizing estate planning alpha.
—John Jennings, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
By contrast, decreases in alpha and beta brain waves signal mental fatigue.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
The real alpha in the next decade will be generated not just by optimizing businesses but by building them differently—by successfully synthesizing venture speed, entrepreneurial energy and private equity discipline within these new, technologically enabled platform models.
—Mitt Mehta, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alpha
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There are few in Spain who know more about the race’s humble beginnings than the drag queen known as Chumina Power.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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The beginning is somewhat known, and the ending is clear.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
5 July 2025
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When did the partnership between Krispy Kreme and McDonald's start?—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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As of midnight, the Heat has not yet made any roster moves since the 6 p.m. start of free agency.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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What's especially remarkable is that the system can recreate the user's own voice, thanks to a voice cloning algorithm trained on recordings made before the onset of ALS.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Severe or repeated vomiting and sudden onset chest pain are two parts of what’s called the Mackler Triad, the trio of signs suggestive of Boerhaave syndrome.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Although wolves have been a symbol of Rome since its inception, by the 1970s only around 100 wolves remained in all of Italy, and none in the capital.—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Outperforming Without The Hype The DBS Barbell Strategy has consistently outperformed its peers since its inception.—
DBS Private Bank,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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This year is full of fresh beginnings in fashion, with new creative directors presenting launch collections at some of Milan and Paris’s biggest brands.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 July 2025
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The preliminary phase of construction includes substantial soil treatment and complex ground preparation at the north portal, where construction of the launch structure for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is intended to begin in autumn 2026.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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In a joint commencement speech with Murty at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (where the couple first met back in 2004), Sunak told graduates that key to finding success is being adept at both what the data and own instinct is telling you.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Police say Rodney Hinton Jr. struck the deputy with his car May 1 as the deputy was directing traffic for the University of Cincinnati commencement.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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“Alpha.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpha. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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