passcode
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of passcode
First recorded in 1980–85; pass ( def. ) + code ( def. )
Example Sentences
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You can set Privacy Display to turn on only when you’re typing your device’s passcode, or using certain apps, such as your password manager.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
If you have a phone, and it has a passcode, and something happens to you, your caregiver simply can’t get into your phone.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
When Adams finally produced his personal phone the next day, it was locked with a new six-digit passcode that the mayor refused to give over to the feds, claiming that he could not remember it.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
In October, she told The Times that whoever killed her sister most likely knew her phone’s passcode, sending the family “vague” texts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Later, when she noticed that Mom had started using 111360 as her cell phone passcode, Emma wanted to keep the information to herself.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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