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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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Recent Examples of countersign
Christina Elizabeth Dando, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
Blue dot signs have inspired Republican countersigns.
—Christina Elizabeth Dando, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countersign
Noun
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Two sides of the building are clad in giant words, the letters 5 feet tall, drawn from his 2015 speech marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The ambiguity of Chinese, the way meaning pools in the spaces between words, resists translation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Pakistan, which has played a mediation role in US-Iran talks, endorsed the agreement, too, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The commission endorsed the idea of adding 10 council members, a move that would reduce the size of each council district to roughly 159,000 residents from 265,000.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Pick one high-volume, low-complexity use case, like order status questions, password resets, or basic account inquiries.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Scammers may be after more than your Amazon password.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
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The Orioles made those big moves in signing Pete Alonso and trading for and extending Shane Baz.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Trump and Vice President JD Vance both virtually signed the agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the US blockade on Iranian ports and start 60 days of nuclear negotiations, a US official said.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The green markings, an investigator’s testimony would explain later in the day, were left on the boat upon impact with a reflective sign on the channel marker.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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While Kansas City’s Fan Fest is free for general admission, festival-goers need to register ahead of time through the KC World Cup website.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Put another way, its parents need to cosign its lease.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Some have attended nearly six years of court dates in his case and 17 agreed to cosign his bond.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Countersign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersign. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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