keys

/ kiːz /

interjection

1. dialect,  a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

Word History and Origins

Origin of keys¹

origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Revenue growth and capital spending will be the keys when Microsoft reports its earning.

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They aren’t monarchs chosen by God or birthright, but fellow citizens elected to lead a nation designed around hard work, integrity, equality and meritocracy as the keys to prosperity.

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“We put the keys to the car in his hands,” first-year coach Scott Barkman said.

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“The reason it works is because it’s very difficult for a classical computer to break those keys,” Kulkarni said.

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Instead, she put on Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia, dialled up the keyboard's "synth strings" setting, and pressed down two keys.

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