nonce

Example Sentences

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If the hash doesn’t start out as “aaaaa,” it would increase the nonce by one, and start again.

From The Verge

"How can you build good relations with your partners and neglect their interests? This is a nonce."

From Reuters

So let’s just fast-forward to the nonce and be done with it.

From Literature

“I still shall hear of this battle,” said he, pointing a finger at me, “but for the nonce, tune yourself.”

From Literature

Wherever Weinstein ends up, I picture the place as a sort of alt-justice simulator, which lovingly recreates the atmosphere of the classic nonce wing, right down to the Michelin-starred salad bar and fluffy bathrobes.

From The Guardian