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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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Prevent grubs by maintaining strong grass roots with deep, infrequent watering and avoiding over-fertilizing.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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Mowing is infrequent, and no fertilization is required.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Although the program was a tribute to the TV series starring Paul Reuben as Pee-wee Herman and not the feature films with the same character, there was an occasional moment of crossover into the Pee-wee cinematic universe.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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The hotel’s 88 rooms, including 25 suites created by award-winning design studio Jaime Beriestain, are understated in ivory, dove gray, and the occasional dash of teal velvet, with Egyptian cotton bed linens and goose down comforters.—
Eddi Fiegel,
Robb Report,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The crew had intermittent toilet trouble from the first day of the mission.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Ways to lower your blood sugar naturally include making lifestyle changes like walking after meals, eating more fiber, and using intermittent fasting.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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 8 May. 2026.
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