code word
Example Sentences
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Don’t change the code word unless you need to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
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
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
