Meaning & use
pangram
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A sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once.
See it in a sentence
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' is a well-known pangram.
Type designers often use pangrams to preview how a font displays every letter.
A note on using this word
The shortest possible pangrams, using each letter only once, are especially prized as a wordplay challenge.
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