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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
And yet the need to stop relying on passwords for account security should be more obvious than never.
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Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Instead, the hacker simply obtained a single employee’s password.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
As noted, a settlement ID and password are needed to access the site.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Cops responding to fake calls evacuate homes at gunpoint
Nelson and his co-conspirators accessed Ring cameras by figuring out usernames and passwords to homeowners’ Yahoo email accounts, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
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Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Instead, the hacker simply obtained a single employee’s password.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
As noted, a settlement ID and password are needed to access the site.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Cops responding to fake calls evacuate homes at gunpoint
Nelson and his co-conspirators accessed Ring cameras by figuring out usernames and passwords to homeowners’ Yahoo email accounts, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for password
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“Password.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/password. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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