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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
Advertising and a crackdown on password sharing were put forth as measures to drive growth.
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
Attackers mimic sign-in screens for email, VPNs and cloud services to steal usernames and passwords.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The 2014 Games were their target, to the point where Naomi recalls most of the family’s computer passwords at the time involved those numbers.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Let the arenas do their job: loud and full of people who know the roster better than their passwords.
—Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
Attackers mimic sign-in screens for email, VPNs and cloud services to steal usernames and passwords.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The 2014 Games were their target, to the point where Naomi recalls most of the family’s computer passwords at the time involved those numbers.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Let the arenas do their job: loud and full of people who know the roster better than their passwords.
—Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for password
word
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Knueppel beamed slightly when those words were relayed to him.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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However, the application must only include a 500-word description of the idea and an informal video that is no longer than three minutes summarizing the idea.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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