crack
Example Sentences
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A cat meme helped him crack the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
By the time the strongest areas begin to crack, the shift in market tone is usually well under way.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Google’s researchers said a quantum computer may be on the horizon that’s powerful enough to crack a bitcoin wallet’s secret key in as few as nine minutes, potentially giving attackers access to investors’ funds.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Jordan says when she was 4 she got up at the crack of dawn every day and put in a VHS tape of a ballet class that her mother, Mary Lim, had bought.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Why can Denny crack a joke and it sounds fine, and then I open my mouth and it sounds mean?
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
