What connects monopoly , calmness , doorstep & hijack ?

Hello - nice to see you back again!


Each of these words has a run of three letters 'taken' from the
alphabet.

moNOPoly

caLMNess

dooRSTep

HIJack


I'm pretty sure this is the answer to your brain teaser as it's
typical of a certain kind of word puzzle.

For instance, here's a similar puzzle I found on the net:

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What do these 5 words have in common?

astute   undefined   monopoly   hijinks   thirsty

ANSWER
All of the words contain 3 letters in alphabetical order:
aSTUte   unDEFined   moNOPoly   HIJinks   thiRSTy 

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from: Puzzle Page
http://www.1728.com/puzzle2.htm

If by any chance you were looking for a different kind of solution to
your brain teaser, please get back to me and let me think again.

Regards - Leli


search used:
puzzle "letters in alphabetical order"
://www.google.co.uk/search?q=puzzle+%22letters+in+order%22+OR+%22letters+in+alphabetical+order%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N