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Example Sentences

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“Our main strength is in numbers — they can’t key on one guy. We’d lost 11 in a row to them so we wanted to put an end to that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025

It uses a mechanism that generates a random security key on a device, which is encrypted by a user's lock-screen passcode, pattern or pin.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

After making their calls, the birds confirmed they’d completed the task by pecking a key on the screen.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

Proposing a game, Lucy asks him to pick a random key on his screen; when he chooses “B,” there’s a prolonged pause while she types.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Coraline ambled across the meadow toward the old tennis court, dangling and swinging the black key on its piece of string as she walked.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman