How to Use alphanumeric in a Sentence

alphanumeric

adjective
  • The legends on the alphanumeric keys are sharp and even without being overly thin.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2022
  • They were each given two minutes to shower, and addressed by staff with an alphanumeric code, rather than their names.
    — Griff Witte, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Carr flipped through the letter, skimming the alphanumeric sequence.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, CNN, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Users can also set up a longer, alphanumeric passcode that’s harder for bad actors to figure out.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
  • That ute's lack of an alphanumeric model name was confusing, and things didn't become any clearer with the arrival of the e-tron GT performance sedan.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Until now, there has been an alphanumeric naming scheme (P1) but that is giving away to a Greek-alphabet naming scheme.
    — WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • Even Pulp Fiction, which is a '90s film, is built to look like an early '80s game, complete with alphanumeric displays and a simpler playfield layout.
    — Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
  • When coronavirus variants emerged in full force in late 2020, the news suddenly turned into alphanumeric soup.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
  • For example, each Louis Vuitton bag made since 1982 bears an alphanumeric code that can help authenticate a piece.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The Taiwanese company began operations in 1995 and sells alphanumeric pagers as well as the kind of beepers that alert customers in restaurants that their order is ready.
    — Greg McKenna, Fortune Asia, 18 Sep. 2024
  • These services make the process of dealing with cryptocurrencies less about long alphanumeric addresses and QR codes to something more like Venmo or a banking app.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2019
  • A hash function like SHA-1 is used to calculate an alphanumeric string that serves as the cryptographic representation of a file or a piece of data.
    — Lucian Constantin, PCWorld, 10 May 2017
  • Along with the alphanumeric legend standard on most keyboards, there's an additional set of legends printed in blue and orange.
    — PCMAG, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Birders were able to decipher a unique alphanumeric code on a flamingo that had been banded at Río Lagartos, a breeding colony in Mexico, Lorenz said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Unionized health care coders, who assign alphanumeric codes to medical procedures and services for billing purposes, earn about $30 per hour to start, according to the union.
    — Taryn Luna, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The alphanumeric sequence that has been used on the state’s license plates for nearly 45 years is finally approaching its end, and the new sequence the agency decided on will simply turn the existing scheme backward.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 June 2024
  • Cadillac has made other attempts at re-invention, including a shift to alphanumeric names for its vehicles before going back to names again.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • Aberdeen Swim Club’s public address announcer reads through each dive’s alphanumeric code pre attempt then scores for each competitor post attempt.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • Both are composed of generic domain names followed by a pseudorandom alphanumeric string of seven to nine characters.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Lately however, the post-Omicron news landscape is turning into alphanumeric soup again.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
  • What gets reflected on the blockchain are alphanumeric hexadecimal values that humans cannot easily read.
    — Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The new recovery codes option for both individual and family accounts adds a backstop to the secret key: a lengthy, randomized alphanumeric code.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 20 June 2024
  • As a technical matter, unlocking many smartphones is a trivial problem once the device is in the hands of a forensic technician, especially if the phone is locked with only numbers and not an alphanumeric password.
    — Mattathias Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The biggest problem is that blockchain technology is mostly anonymous, with the data comprised of alphanumeric characters.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Formerly anonymous public servants became the topic of vicious debate among strangers with alphanumeric Twitter handles and pictures of dogs as online avatars.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Use a strong, unique alphanumeric password: Some users use the default password provided by the manufacturer, which leaves those devices as primary targets for hackers.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But even adding a special character or alphanumeric combination can only add so much protection from bad actors.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • After scheduling and paying for tests, the provider is supposed to generate an alphanumeric reference that must be indicated in the passenger locator form.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Bearing witness to group dynamics revealing themselves in alphanumeric characters was also hard for Kira von Eichel, a writer in Brooklyn.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Custodians play a key role in the crypto market, helping clients safeguard private keys, which are the alphanumeric codes required to unlock access to digital assets and authorize transactions.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024

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