skeleton key
Example Sentences
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“Microsoft should not have had a single skeleton key that, when inevitably stolen, could be used to forge access to different customers’ private communications.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Those looking for a felt skeleton key to unlock his various idiosyncrasies aren’t likely to find one.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
The virus uses its spike protein like a skeleton key to ease open cells.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2021
“It gave me a skeleton key on which to hang all sorts of characters,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Alaric pursed his lips and looked around before opening a drawer behind him with a skeleton key.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
