Thesaurus results for PASSWORDS

passwords

noun

plural of password

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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 passwords Daily passwords are identical across models located in hundreds or thousands of stores. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Your email account deserves special attention because criminals can use it to reset passwords for other accounts. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The company advised restaurant partners never to share account information, including passwords or verification codes, and said merchants who believe their accounts have been compromised should report it immediately. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Starlink customers can now log in to their accounts using passkeys, a faster and more secure alternative to traditional passwords. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 Traditional evidence, like passwords or ID numbers, create new vulnerabilities, and this is where true identity matters most. — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 The company’s case is that these protections let the agent act on authorized tasks without exposing passwords directly to the AI. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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No discussion of nuclear deterrence should ever lose sight of the human lives behind those words.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Those 20 words--all but three of them single syllables--summon a flood of thoughts and images and memories and ruminations.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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