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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard
the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week
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Recent Examples of password
You will be asked to create a password.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Acebedo-Garcia would serve as a go-between, providing the truckers with a dollar-bill serial number that functioned as a sort of password.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
The device’s management options include hacker prevention, password protection and a VPN pass-through for discreet browsing.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Repair advocates want to repeal Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which prevents bypassing passwords and encryption or selling equipment that could do so.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 25 Dec. 2025
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Knueppel beamed slightly when those words were relayed to him.—
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However, the application must only include a 500-word description of the idea and an informal video that is no longer than three minutes summarizing the idea.—
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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