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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
Millions of users of one of the biggest password managers, LastPass, have been warned that an ongoing attack that began on January 19 is targeting them.
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Police also advised customers to regularly change pins and banking passwords.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
This is a new security feature to prevent another cyberattack where passwords were specifically targeted from happening again.
—January 16, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
A whole lot of Instagram users received a suspicious password reset email in recent days, suggesting that the Meta social media service was having cybersecurity issues.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Police also advised customers to regularly change pins and banking passwords.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
This is a new security feature to prevent another cyberattack where passwords were specifically targeted from happening again.
—January 16, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
A whole lot of Instagram users received a suspicious password reset email in recent days, suggesting that the Meta social media service was having cybersecurity issues.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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