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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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Connections challenges players to uncover threads connecting a series of words.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Current residence: Livermore, Calif. Occupation: Finance Manager Three words to describe you: Energetic, social, determined.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The company has also been enforcing a crackdown on password sharing in a push to get more customers paying for its service.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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To use Venmo, travelers need to log in to their accounts with their username and password.—
Stella Shon,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article Longtime Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler is endorsing Scott Stringer’s campaign for mayor, making Stringer the first candidate in the 2025 race to secure support from a member of New York’s congressional delegation.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration has endorsed irradiation as safe for food products, citing 30 years of research, but labeling is required when used.—
Ben Markus - Colorado Public Radio,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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Yet, 50 Cent has already threatened that the next season of BMF will be its last, a sign that Flenory’s relationship with the Flenory family may be beyond repairable.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Beyoncé had revealed that she was gong on tour earlier in the day, teasing her 313 million followers with a video of a sign hanging over a desert floor that repeatedly lit up with the words 'COWBOY CARTER TOUR' in big bright block letters.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Countersign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersign. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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