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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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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Mar. 2026
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Our daily word puzzle with a plot twist.—
Nasteho Said,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump has endorsed a GOP primary challenger to Massie, Ed Gallrein.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Fuentes has offered Fishback’s more positive poll results as proof of the strength of his own following, the Groypers, while declining to endorse him in an effort to stanch the candidate’s toxicity.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Wagner, a family IT contractor, said Dale Warner asked him to change surveillance camera passwords and remove Dee Warner's access and others shortly after she was reported missing.—
Corey J. Murray,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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The database was not protected by a password.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Broncos also informed Greenlaw of his release, a source said, leaving Singleton and Strnad once again atop position group Greenlaw was signed 12 months ago to upgrade.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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The bar charged Salar Hendizadeh, who left the firm this fall, on March 5 with helping one of Southern California’s largest personal injury law firms sign accident victims across the country, despite lacking attorneys who could litigate the cases in other states.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The actress would ultimately sign on to play the forthright broadcaster Veronica Corningstone opposite Will Ferrell's titular Burgundy.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Utah was the first power-conference school to sign on.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When right-wing accounts claimed in February that Newsom allows dogs to vote in California, Richards responded with a CBS News article reporting that a woman was charged with five felonies for registering her canine.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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These life-size sculptures are fixed to walls with metal supports, placed on chairs to register bodily scale, or positioned on the floor in juxtaposition with larger compositions.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
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Oliver Scialdone is here to cosign the desktop nostalgia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Celebrity manicurists Saccia Livingston and Brittany Boyce cosign the look, adding that, unlike more involved nail designs like tortoiseshell and plaid, this one is surprisingly easy to DIY.—
Taylor Augustin Littlejohn,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Countersign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersign. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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