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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard
the guard demanded the countersign
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Noun
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In other words, if motor oil is a soup, the base stock is the broth.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
15 May 2026 -
The right words could arrive with surprising simplicity today.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The day before, Bulgaria got a new premier who has praised Orbán and endorses many of his positions.—
Slav Okov,
Bloomberg,
11 May 2026
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In San Diego County Supervisor District 4 — which includes much of central San Diego, La Mesa and Spring Valley — the Union-Tribune Editorial Board endorses former La Mesa Councilmember Kristine Alessio.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The Industrialization of Financial Crime Scammers no longer sit in isolation, guessing passwords or stealing physical credit cards.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Freezing your credit, using strong passwords, turning on multifactor authentication and watching your accounts all help.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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The math doesn’t care who signs the order.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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What are the chances Dubas signs him?—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The receiver connects to a household appliance and registers the signal from the button.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
12 May 2026
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Carefully brush with some of the remaining sauce, and flip again; cook, uncovered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of lamb chops registers 120°F for rare or 130°F for medium-rare, about 2 minutes more.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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“Countersigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersigns. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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