code word
Example Sentences
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Lewis suggests creating a code word, a special password shared among loved ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
People who haven’t implemented a family code word have been burned by bad actors.
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
Every ounce of strength in me was invested in listening for the code word mixed in among their talk, which might as well have been Glaswegian for all I could make out!
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
