as in words
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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Noun
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Prescient words, especially coming amid the carnage of a 23-point loss.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026 -
And none of these words can be applied to the London Stadium.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The book features a print advertisement in which the pope endorses the product.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her silence tacitly endorses the president’s pardons of financial criminals the Justice Department had worked honorably to convict.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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WhatsApp had no avatars or pins or passwords.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Fake pop-ups and lookalike websites are designed to trick people into typing usernames and passwords by hand.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While the Williams-Washington dispute appears to have been resolved, the underlying dispute of a college threatening to sue a star athlete for switching schools after the athlete signs a revenue share deal could easily play out again.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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As the moon shifts signs, your focus follows.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And Sir Otto has assigned her a pipsqueak babysitter who registers his objections via rhetorical questions.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Cook, whisking constantly, until eggs are warm to the touch (or when a thermometer registers about 85°F), about 1 minute.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Countersigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersigns. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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