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noun

password

CEFR B1

a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

In a sentence

Six example sentences with password, each labelled with its topic.

  • The engineering team rotated the shared password every Friday so a departing contractor could never reach the deployment servers.

    Technology

  • Only six clan officers could type the password that opened the guild vault, and none of them wrote it down.

    Gaming

  • Sentries at the medieval gate turned away any traveler who could not supply the password agreed upon that morning.

    History

  • The bank app locks after three wrong tries at the password, and unlocking it requires a call to the branch.

    Finance

  • In the old tale a password, open sesame, is all that stands between the thieves' cave and anyone who overhears it.

    Literature

  • The hostel prints the wifi password on the room key card, and guests still ask for it at the front desk.

    Travel

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