How to Use watchword in a Sentence
watchword
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Sad and somber and solemn were once again the day’s watchwords.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2019
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And that felt like the under-the-surface watchword of the evening.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018
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The truth is, success would be nice, but the watchword here in Year 1 of a new era is progress.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
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Simple was the watchword—and that applied to the service, too.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2021
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Drought was the watchword of the week: dry soils plagued the tour participants throughout the western crop belt.
—Kim Chipman, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022
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This is the power of trade in general and why free trade has been our watchword since World War II.
—Steve Butler, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2017
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Amateurism is no longer the watchword of the Olympic movement: The word appears nowhere in the 112 pages of the current Olympic Charter.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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Mishaps can happen, even when caution is the watchword.
—Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2017
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Fiscal restraint has been a watchword for the party for decades.
—Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2017
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As a parent, the watchword in our household was modesty.
—Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2017
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Out on a Limb: Eclectic and stylish fashions are the watchword at Out on a Limb – along with must have accessories and gifts.
—By Andrew Marton, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
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Pressure is almost a watchword of modern life — like speed and change.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
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Balance was the watchword of the day for UW, which held a 24-point lead in the second half before Ohio State staged a mini-rally.
—Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2020
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Common sense must be the watchword for boaters who take to the bay and ocean on federal holidays.
—David C. Henley, Daily Pilot, 26 May 2017
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Taking place at a factory that makes scales, the film adopts balance as its theme and watchword.
—WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
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In music, the watchword has been uneasy, applied even to escapist fare.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 7 May 2018
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For him and his fellow reporters, phony was the watchword—an instinct.
—Lance Morrow, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
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Scale and speed are watchwords for Mr. Musk and his save-the-world view of business, which addresses some of the biggest pressure points in climate change.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 24 July 2016
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This follows from what became my watchword as a novelist: a line from a letter Don DeLillo wrote to me in the mid-’90s.
—Merve Emre, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
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These, asking forgiveness from Shakespeare, are the watchwords of the coming year.
—Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 23 Dec. 2017
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The profound effect on 10-year-old Elizabeth, Lacey says, is that from then on duty was her watchword.
—Maria Puente and Jeff Stinson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
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Resilience has replaced efficiency as the watchword of the day.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
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The 1619 Project has emerged as a watchword for our era — a hashtag, a talking point, a journalism case study, a scholarly mission.
—Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
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All of these skills are helpful for a big man in the modern NBA, where mobility and versatility are the watchwords of the era.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 18 Apr. 2020
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But in a time when change is the watchword, the nation’s political divide looks remarkably durable.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023
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Sorry might have been the watchword for Sunday’s performance.
—Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
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Inflation is the watchword as the Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day meeting on Tuesday.
—NBC News, 15 June 2021
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Defense is the watchword in this game, with both teams ranked in the top 10 in kenpom.com’s adjusted defensive efficiency.
—Michael Beller, SI.com, 19 Jan. 2018
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But parity figures to be the watchword throughout this 2024 season.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
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The watchword is patience, often in short supply in a football stadium.
—Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2016
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