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noun

ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌsīn

Definition of countersign

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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard the guard demanded the countersign

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verb

as in to endorse

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Noun

Apparently the trick is to react more to the tone and tempo of the voice, rather than necessarily the precise words.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The same poll found belief that data centers raise electricity bills jumped from 43% in January to nearly 60% by July—six months before Apollo or Morgan Stanley published a word of this research.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

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The risk also concentrates in service desk workflows, password resets, device enrollment, MFA re-registration and privileged access requests.

— Michael Engle, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Believing that the third party was somehow part of the exercise, the model identified a password and then used it to breach the system.

— Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of password

Verb

Both Chelsea and Villa broke their transfer record to sign a player from the other, with Morgan Rogers moving to Stamford Bridge and Nicolas Jackson heading in the opposite direction.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The new agreement has been signed between Thales and India’s Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL).

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sign

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There are other contingencies built into the BC restructuring arrangement, according to the filings, including a 3% break fee and the aforementioned contingency on LIV getting enough players to sign on.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
The city has also installed a small sign on the street warning drivers about the issue.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of sign on

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On July 28, a vehicle registered to Boyce was found behind a church by North Carolina's Northampton County Sheriff's Office, according to court documents.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
The cryptographic primitives compiled into them still register in any inventory scan.

— Atsushi Yamada, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of register

Verb

Recent Miu Miu runways and A-listers like Hailey Bieber and Chloë Sevigny have helped cosign the trend.

— Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
Lucky Brand’s 410 model has gone on sale — all the more reason to cosign its deep indigo wash, contrast stitching, mid-rise waist, and subtle slouch.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

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