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Each word in the military phonetic alphabet corresponds to a letter of the regular English alphabet. In order to make sure everyone is using the same pronunciation guide, all military members are ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. We introduce a new abiotic-protein-based substrate for identifying English alphabet ...

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