code word
Example Sentences
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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
And when you talk about productivity, it’s almost like a code word for cost-cutting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 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
“Hey, maybe she really is Chip’s birth mother. Or—or mine. Maybe that’s what witnesses really meant. Like, it’s a code word or something.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
