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Recent Examples of nonce
After using a brute-force attack methodology, which allowed the entire search space to be covered in about an hour, Aryal discovered that, for some users at least, the nonce code would be displayed right there on the notification itself.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonce
Adjective
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Yet, big federal projects are slow and infrequent, meaning that Chattanooga presents the first concrete (or stone, rather) evidence of how architects will respond.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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The unidentified American woman was stuck on Pitcairn, an island with only about 50 inhabitants, no airport and infrequent maritime options to depart.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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There has been the occasional roar, especially when OG Anunoby makes a 3-pointer.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work.—
Tim Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Some customers in San Juan began reporting intermittent service more than a year ago, with the governor acknowledging the infrastructure has lacked investment and maintenance for decades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Nevertheless, intermittent thunder and lightning didn't stop the crowd from gathering around the building to watch the spectacle, not unlike a big crowd before a typical concert venue.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The self is a shifting, inconstant phenomenon, brain and body ever transforming in time and space, with no clear delineation between what is self and what is other.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Nonce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonce. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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