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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 Synonyms for countersigns
Noun
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There would be no breakup, no hard words, no goodbyes.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025 -
As Guerrero finished, Bichette stepped to his locker, uttering his final few words, too.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Even at its most sorrowful, anti-authoritarian, and smart-alecky, Gunn’s work endorses a fundamentally promising vision of life.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Boston Herald endorses Will Onuoha, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune and Frank Baker for Boston City Council.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Change your passwords immediately and turn on stronger security features to protect your accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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When using agent mode, the AI cannot run code in the browser, download files, install extensions, or access browsing history, saved autofills for passwords and other sensitive information or a computer's apps or files.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If Maia signs Tallulah to Alyssa 180, her boss will have to promote her to manager.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Back at that kitchen table, our writer finally signs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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McCollum believes this fervently, getting quite testy with Polsky when the filmmaker registers his doubts.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Zooming out to the monthly chart (log scale), the recent 10% pullback barely registers in the bigger picture.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Countersigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersigns. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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