code word
Example Sentences
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Likewise, if you are legitimately in trouble and need to call a loved one for help, say the code word so your relative knows it’s really you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
Only share the code word with close and trusted family members, and do it in person or over the phone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
North wants to remind parents and teachers that every generation has their secret code word.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
A “clean CR”—a little code word they use for these kinds of bills—is one sentence.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025
What with my busy night as a true spy, code word and all, and the heat in the upper gallery of Trinity Church, I fell sound asleep during the sermon the next morning.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
