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Nonce is an English word with synonyms like present or nowadays. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Nonce in a sentence

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Nonce | Nonces

Nonce meaning

  1. The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
  2. A nonce word.
  3. A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.

Synonyms of Nonce

time being present nowadays

Related words

Other words often associated with Nonce or its synonyms:

time introduce attending gift today immediate give past existing inst now acquaint

Using Nonce

  • The main meaning on this page is: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose. | A nonce word. | A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
  • Useful related words include: time being, present, nowadays.
  • In the example corpus, nonce often appears in combinations such as: the nonce, nonce word, nonce and.

Context around Nonce

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

different 1×

Often after:

word 2× forms 1× coinage 1×

Sentence patterns with Nonce

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a different nonce or key 1× as a nonce coinage by 1× combine the nonce and the 1× if the nonce and long 1× is a nonce word used 1× not a nonce 1× of my nonce forms be 1× whereas the nonce word is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

collins told police 1× if the nonce 1× securely using a 1× the greek term 1× the word pompatus 1× this means that 1×

Common sentence endings:

a strained expression 1× key for rc4 1× not a nonce 1× of the cipher 1× on the first 1× song the joker 1×

Words around Nonce

Just before it in the word index:

noncash 10 noncancerous 13 nonbusiness 3 nonbroadcast 2 nonbreaking 3 nonbonding 2

Just after it in the word index:

nonces 2 nonchalance 21 nonchalant 41 nonchalantly 22 noncharacters 2 noncitizen 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Nonce

  • In this selection, "nonce" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, different, word, forms and coinage stand out and add context to how "nonce" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a different nonce or key and as a nonce coinage by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nonce" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nonce

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Collins told police that they had the ‘wrong guy’ and that he was not a ‘nonce’. (16 words)

However, it is stressed on the second syllable, whereas the nonce word is stressed on the first. (17 words)

The word pompatus, also spelled pompitous, main, main, is a nonce word used in the lyrics of Steve Miller 's 1973 rock song " The Joker ". (25 words)

Longer example sentences

This means that if a single long-term key is to be used to securely encrypt multiple streams, the protocol must specify how to combine the nonce and the long-term key to generate the stream key for RC4. (39 words)

If the nonce and long-term key are simply concatenated to generate the RC4 key, this long-term key can be discovered by analysing a large number of messages encrypted with this key. (33 words)

Securely using a secure synchronous stream cipher requires that one never reuse the same keystream twice; that generally means a different nonce or key must be supplied to each invocation of the cipher. (33 words)

Question examples

In one of my writing workshops, another poet suggested that one of my nonce forms be called the “Dorayian” …doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? (28 words)

Example sentences (8)

Collins told police that they had the ‘wrong guy’ and that he was not a ‘nonce’.

In one of my writing workshops, another poet suggested that one of my nonce forms be called the “Dorayian” …doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it?

However, it is stressed on the second syllable, whereas the nonce word is stressed on the first.

If the nonce and long-term key are simply concatenated to generate the RC4 key, this long-term key can be discovered by analysing a large number of messages encrypted with this key.

Securely using a secure synchronous stream cipher requires that one never reuse the same keystream twice; that generally means a different nonce or key must be supplied to each invocation of the cipher.

The Greek term is explicitly coined by Josephus and isn't attested elsewhere in Ancient Greek; Josephus marks it as a nonce coinage by calling it a "strained expression".

The word pompatus, also spelled pompitous, main, main, is a nonce word used in the lyrics of Steve Miller 's 1973 rock song " The Joker ".

This means that if a single long-term key is to be used to securely encrypt multiple streams, the protocol must specify how to combine the nonce and the long-term key to generate the stream key for RC4.

Common combinations with nonce

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nonce" in a sentence?
An example: "Collins told police that they had the ‘wrong guy’ and that he was not a ‘nonce’." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "nonce" from authentic English texts.
What does "nonce" mean?
Nonce means: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
What are synonyms of "nonce"?
Common synonyms of "nonce" include: time being, present, nowadays.
How many example sentences with "nonce" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "nonce", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.