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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard
the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week
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Recent Examples of password
Even if the remote administration feature of your router is password protected, threat actors can still easily get in.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Strengthen your passwords: Create strong, unique passwords for each account.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Netflix began the push to crack down on users who share passwords, seeing a significant boost, and other streamers followed suit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2025
In a blog post, Microsoft says 98% of passkey attempts to log in are successful, while passwords are only at 32%.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Strengthen your passwords: Create strong, unique passwords for each account.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Netflix began the push to crack down on users who share passwords, seeing a significant boost, and other streamers followed suit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2025
In a blog post, Microsoft says 98% of passkey attempts to log in are successful, while passwords are only at 32%.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
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The words take on an emotional second meaning after Todd's death, playing like a farewell message from the actor himself, and that's not by accident.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Pagnol revolutionized film dialogue, bringing literary sophistication and realism to the screen at a time, in the early sound era, when producers feared the spoken word.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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