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Inspired by George Gibson's Print a Tabula Recta.

You are to print/output this exact text:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
BBCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
CCCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DDDDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
EEEEEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
FFFFFFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
GGGGGGGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
HHHHHHHHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
IIIIIIIIIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
JJJJJJJJJJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
KKKKKKKKKKKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
LLLLLLLLLLLLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
MMMMMMMMMMMMMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPQRSTUVWXYZ
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPQRSTUVWXYZ
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQRSTUVWXYZ
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSTUVWXYZ
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTUVWXYZ
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTUVWXYZ
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVWXYZ
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVWXYZ
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWXYZ
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXYZ
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYZ
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

(Yes, I typed that by hand)

You are allowed to use all lowercase instead of all uppercase.

However, your choice of case must be consistent throughout the whole text.

Rules/Requirements

  • Each submission should be either a full program or function. If it is a function, it must be runnable by only needing to add the function call to the bottom of the program. Anything else (e.g. headers in C), must be included.
  • If it is possible, provide a link to a site where your program can be tested.
  • Your program must not write anything to STDERR.
  • Standard Loopholes are forbidden.
  • Your program can output in any case, but it must be printed (not an array or similar).

Scoring

Programs are scored according to bytes, in UTF-8 by default or a different character set of your choice.

Eventually, the answer with the least bytes will win.

Submissions

To make sure that your answer shows up, please start your answer with a headline, using the following Markdown template:

# Language Name, N bytes

where N is the size of your submission. If you improve your score, you can keep old scores in the headline, by striking them through. For instance:

# Ruby, <s>104</s> <s>101</s> 96 bytes

If there you want to include multiple numbers in your header (e.g. because your score is the sum of two files or you want to list interpreter flag penalties separately), make sure that the actual score is the last number in the header:

# Perl, 43 + 2 (-p flag) = 45 bytes

You can also make the language name a link which will then show up in the leaderboard snippet:

# [><>](http://esolangs.org/wiki/Fish), 121 bytes

Leaderboard

Here is a Stack Snippet to generate both a regular leaderboard and an overview of winners by language.

/* Configuration */

var QUESTION_ID = 87064; // Obtain this from the url
// It will be like https://XYZ.stackexchange.com/questions/QUESTION_ID/... on any question page
var ANSWER_FILTER = "!t)IWYnsLAZle2tQ3KqrVveCRJfxcRLe";
var COMMENT_FILTER = "!)Q2B_A2kjfAiU78X(md6BoYk";
var OVERRIDE_USER = 48934; // This should be the user ID of the challenge author.

/* App */

var answers = [], answers_hash, answer_ids, answer_page = 1, more_answers = true, comment_page;

function answersUrl(index) {
  return "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/" +  QUESTION_ID + "/answers?page=" + index + "&pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=creation&site=codegolf&filter=" + ANSWER_FILTER;
}

function commentUrl(index, answers) {
  return "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/answers/" + answers.join(';') + "/comments?page=" + index + "&pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=creation&site=codegolf&filter=" + COMMENT_FILTER;
}

function getAnswers() {
  jQuery.ajax({
    url: answersUrl(answer_page++),
    method: "get",
    dataType: "jsonp",
    crossDomain: true,
    success: function (data) {
      answers.push.apply(answers, data.items);
      answers_hash = [];
      answer_ids = [];
      data.items.forEach(function(a) {
        a.comments = [];
        var id = +a.share_link.match(/\d+/);
        answer_ids.push(id);
        answers_hash[id] = a;
      });
      if (!data.has_more) more_answers = false;
      comment_page = 1;
      getComments();
    }
  });
}

function getComments() {
  jQuery.ajax({
    url: commentUrl(comment_page++, answer_ids),
    method: "get",
    dataType: "jsonp",
    crossDomain: true,
    success: function (data) {
      data.items.forEach(function(c) {
        if (c.owner.user_id === OVERRIDE_USER)
          answers_hash[c.post_id].comments.push(c);
      });
      if (data.has_more) getComments();
      else if (more_answers) getAnswers();
      else process();
    }
  });  
}

getAnswers();

var SCORE_REG = /<h\d>\s*([^\n,]*[^\s,]),.*?(\d+)(?=[^\n\d<>]*(?:<(?:s>[^\n<>]*<\/s>|[^\n<>]+>)[^\n\d<>]*)*<\/h\d>)/;

var OVERRIDE_REG = /^Override\s*header:\s*/i;

function getAuthorName(a) {
  return a.owner.display_name;
}

function process() {
  var valid = [];
  
  answers.forEach(function(a) {
    var body = a.body;
    a.comments.forEach(function(c) {
      if(OVERRIDE_REG.test(c.body))
        body = '<h1>' + c.body.replace(OVERRIDE_REG, '') + '</h1>';
    });
    
    var match = body.match(SCORE_REG);
    if (match)
      valid.push({
        user: getAuthorName(a),
        size: +match[2],
        language: match[1],
        link: a.share_link,
      });
    
  });
  
  valid.sort(function (a, b) {
    var aB = a.size,
        bB = b.size;
    return aB - bB
  });

  var languages = {};
  var place = 1;
  var lastSize = null;
  var lastPlace = 1;
  valid.forEach(function (a) {
    if (a.size != lastSize)
      lastPlace = place;
    lastSize = a.size;
    ++place;
    
    var answer = jQuery("#answer-template").html();
    answer = answer.replace("{{PLACE}}", lastPlace + ".")
                   .replace("{{NAME}}", a.user)
                   .replace("{{LANGUAGE}}", a.language)
                   .replace("{{SIZE}}", a.size)
                   .replace("{{LINK}}", a.link);
    answer = jQuery(answer);
    jQuery("#answers").append(answer);

    var lang = a.language;
    if (/<a/.test(lang)) lang = jQuery(lang).text();
    
    languages[lang] = languages[lang] || {lang: a.language, user: a.user, size: a.size, link: a.link};
  });

  var langs = [];
  for (var lang in languages)
    if (languages.hasOwnProperty(lang))
      langs.push(languages[lang]);

  langs.sort(function (a, b) {
    if (a.lang > b.lang) return 1;
    if (a.lang < b.lang) return -1;
    return 0;
  });

  for (var i = 0; i < langs.length; ++i)
  {
    var language = jQuery("#language-template").html();
    var lang = langs[i];
    language = language.replace("{{LANGUAGE}}", lang.lang)
                       .replace("{{NAME}}", lang.user)
                       .replace("{{SIZE}}", lang.size)
                       .replace("{{LINK}}", lang.link);
    language = jQuery(language);
    jQuery("#languages").append(language);
  }

}
body { text-align: left !important}

#answer-list {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 290px;
  float: left;
}

#language-list {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 290px;
  float: left;
}

table thead {
  font-weight: bold;
}

table td {
  padding: 5px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//cdn.sstatic.net/codegolf/all.css?v=83c949450c8b">
<div id="answer-list">
  <h2>Leaderboard</h2>
  <table class="answer-list">
    <thead>
      <tr><td></td><td>Author</td><td>Language</td><td>Size</td></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="answers">

    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<div id="language-list">
  <h2>Winners by Language</h2>
  <table class="language-list">
    <thead>
      <tr><td>Language</td><td>User</td><td>Score</td></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="languages">

    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<table style="display: none">
  <tbody id="answer-template">
    <tr><td>{{PLACE}}</td><td>{{NAME}}</td><td>{{LANGUAGE}}</td><td>{{SIZE}}</td><td><a href="{{LINK}}">Link</a></td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<table style="display: none">
  <tbody id="language-template">
    <tr><td>{{LANGUAGE}}</td><td>{{NAME}}</td><td>{{SIZE}}</td><td><a href="{{LINK}}">Link</a></td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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    \$\begingroup\$ Related. \$\endgroup\$
    – Leaky Nun
    Commented Jul 31, 2016 at 14:03
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    \$\begingroup\$ Can the output (as the return value from a function) be an array of lines? \$\endgroup\$
    – Doorknob
    Commented Jul 31, 2016 at 14:55
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Doorknob I would say no. \$\endgroup\$
    – Leaky Nun
    Commented Jul 31, 2016 at 14:56
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    \$\begingroup\$ I'm tried of the "here's text X. Print this" kind of challenges. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 19:15
  • 1
    \$\begingroup\$ @BufferOverRead There's a good reason for the site having the kolmogorov-complexity tag. \$\endgroup\$
    – Makonede
    Commented May 25, 2021 at 23:11

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Yabasic, 53 bytes

Takes no input and outputs to STDOUT

For I=65To 90
For J=65To 90?Chr$(Max(J,I));Next
?Next

Try it online!

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Small Basic, 107 bytes

Script that takes no inpu and outputs to the TextWindow

For I=65To 90
s=""
For J=65To 90
s=s+Text.GetCharacter(Math.Max(J,I))
EndFor
TextWindow.WriteLine(s)
EndFor

Output

output

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Gol><>, 41 28 bytes

asFaLF"Z"L-|Lm*jasL-F"Z"+||H

Try it online!

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VBA (EXCEL) , 111 Bytes

Sub c()

For x=0 To 25
For y=0 To 25
b=y
If y<x Then b=x
a=a&Chr(65+b)
Next
a=a&vbNewLine
Next
MsgBox a
End Sub
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Stax, 5 bytes

VAcKT

Run and debug it

Explanation

VAcKT
VA    uppercase alphabet
  c   copy
   K  cross-product map short-form(displays with newlines):    
    T  max of two values
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Knight, 48 bytes

;=i 64W>91=i+1i;=j 64;W>91=j+1jO+I>i jAiAj"\"O""

Try it online!

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Vyxal 3 ``, 17 bytes

₂ʀ(nkAinꜝ×nꜝkAİ+,

Try it Online! (link is to literate version)

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C, 87 bytes

#include<stdio.h>
#define S(n) for(n=0;n<26;n++)
main(){int i,j;S(i){S(j)putchar(65+(j<i?i:j));puts("");}}

Try it online!

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Vyxal 3 j, 8 bytes

mmẊᵛƓ₂Ẇ“

Try it Online!

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AWK, 78 bytes

@load "ordchr"
END{for(i=64;i++<90;print)for(j=64;j++<90;)printf chr(j<i?i:j)}

Attempt This Online!

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