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watchwords

noun

plural of watchword

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a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard the watchword is changed every day

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an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product) their latest watchword turns up in every ad from that company

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Noun

My literary group chat is only literary in that it is made up of people who work with words.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
The shift is easy to miss, often only a few words or new pictures.

— Steve Peoples, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

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The official account for the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, Emil Michael, has posted propaganda using Q catchphrases as military slogans.

— Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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Trump will depart sooner or later, the banners will be torn down and much of his petty talk will be and should be forgotten.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
This led to protests at home games, including banners, removing flags from The Kop and a ‘not a pound in the ground’ initiative, where supporters were encouraged not to purchase anything inside the ground.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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