How to Use username in a Sentence
username
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Open Headspace and click on your username on the right side.
—Natt Garun, The Verge, 11 Aug. 2019
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First came the request for the 15-year-old’s Snapchat username.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
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The first is that Twitter sees a lot of churn in its usernames.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
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The first look that caught our eye was from a Russian artist by the username @vi.marhsall.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 16 Mar. 2020
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The sender of the check by then had removed the username from the app, so contact could not be made.
—cleveland, 25 June 2020
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Tap on the three dots on a tweet in which your username is mentioned.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 July 2022
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To do this, log back in with your username and password.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
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Is the username similar to one that has been kicked off the platform in the past?
—Katy Steinmetz, Time, 8 July 2019
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There is a Facebook page with the same username sharing the same videos.
—Ryan Broderick, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024
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But this is not the first time that Musk has changed his Twitter username.
—Patrick May, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
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Amber Miller, the wife of the man who found the chain, shared a post about the search on Reddit under the username u/amber_maigon.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
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Right out of the box, your router comes with a default username and password.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2020
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Make a note of each account’s username and password and keep it in a safe place.
—Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
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Just go back into the app and sign in with your old username and password.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2021
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Then do it in the open and not behind an anonymous username.
—Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
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Tia, who goes by the username @tiatortillaaaa on TikTok, lives in a small town in North Dakota.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
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Why not pay homage to your favorite CW show with your username?
—Kori Williams, Seventeen, 12 June 2020
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The feature was turned on the same day in a second set of code that also had Singh’s username on it.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
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In this great article on The Cut about the cult of Peloton, two usernames stuck out: @ridefordonuts, @rideforchardonnay.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2019
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Lisa: In the world of the dark web, DNA is … email addresses, usernames, passwords.
—CBS News, 29 Feb. 2020
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All users in the group share the same username and password, the affidavit confirms.
—Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2020
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For example, do users need a username or email to log in?
—Forrester, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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Click your username in the top right of the app, click Settings, scroll down to Show advanced settings, and click again.
—Matt Burgess, Wired, 7 Aug. 2021
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To mention a friend in your Story, just type the @ symbol and the first few letters of their username.
—Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 3 Apr. 2018
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Fill out your name, create a username and password, and click Next.
—Reece Rogers, Wired, 3 Feb. 2022
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Someone can steal your old username and pretend to be you.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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For starters, Instagram users can keep the same username on Threads.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 July 2023
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The man, who did not give his name but who posts to under the username u/const_bigMan, lives in England with a roommate.
—Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chef Pii, by the way, is her TikTok username, not her real name.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
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The student created a fake username online and used that profile to warn of a school shooting, deputies said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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