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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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The game’s objective is to group words or objects into four groups of four based on commonalities within each group as quickly as possible.—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Already, attention must be paid, and italics must be used, because eyepatch Armand is, to use his favorite word, fascinating.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Verb
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By then, the Democratic Socialists of America may have endorsed Raman, who is a member of the group, putting its considerable voter outreach operation into action.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Trump endorsed Cornyn's opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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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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Much of the recent debate in Charlotte stemmed from a petition signed by thousands to block plans to build a data center southeast of Reedy Creek Nature Preserve.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated June 8,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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More than nine hundred judges and prosecutors have since signed an open letter warning of systemic abuses, and protesters have marched through Bucharest, demanding reform.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Verb
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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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