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The code word “conflict” has been used for what some people are calling a war.
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Savannah Guthrie seemingly used a code word in a video directed toward her missing mother Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers, a former FBI agent claims.
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2026
Have a safety plan and a family code word.
—Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
With its tales of daring escapes and midnight rendezvous, life-or-death hiding places, secret signs and code words, the Underground Railroad has long captured Americans' imagination.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2026
Have a safety plan and a family code word.
—Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
But electability is neither a code word for, nor tantamount to, white-male-ness.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
With its tales of daring escapes and midnight rendezvous, life-or-death hiding places, secret signs and code words, the Underground Railroad has long captured Americans' imagination.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for code word
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“Code word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20word. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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