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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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Recent Examples of countersign
Christina Elizabeth Dando, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
Blue dot signs have inspired Republican countersigns.
—Christina Elizabeth Dando, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countersign
Noun
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Corcoran delivered his final words before taking his last breath.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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If all four words are correctly placed into each set, those words will be removed from the board.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In the meantime, their service is an empty ritual of parades and passwords and endless watches over the mountains and the desert, where, on the horizon, there’s a permanent wall of mist.Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Most other name-brand password managers would likely perform as well.Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Carroll endorsed fellow Democrat Carter at the time.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2024
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Washington — President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to remain speaker, days before the House will return and vote for a new leader.Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Those are the signs, so limited and yet so hopeful, coming from from Samy and River, the two victims who remain in critical condition following the Abundant Life Christian School shootings Dec. 16 in Madison.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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The mission will search the universe for signs of water and organic molecules – the ingredients of life – at disks around stars where new planets could be forming and in stellar nurseries.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Countersign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersign. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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