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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

Here are some tips on how to create and manage a family code word:

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

I’d rather go to a machine which knows me by some code word but on whose operating programs a team of software writers has painstakingly worked for months.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos



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