The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English alphabet

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“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is an English-language pangram phrase that contains all of the letters of the English alphabet. It has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards.

The earliest known appearance of the phrase is on March 14, 1885 from The Michigan School Moderator, a journal that provided teachers with education-related news and suggestions for lessons.