code word
Example Sentences
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If you worry you’ll forget the code word, you could store it in a password manager.
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
The court heard that 'car' was their code word for gold.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
Emma wasn’t sure if it was because he’d had to claim in public that he liked lima beans, or if he was afraid someone else in the school office would overhear their secret code word.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
