How to Use hack in a Sentence

hack

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  • My mind reeled at the prospect of trying to hack on it.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The plan involves hacking staffing costs by up to a fifth.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The two men hacked away at rocks and sand in a crevice between boulders.
    — Thomas Fuller Jim Wilson, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Back in 2020, Forward Air was hacked by a group known as Hades.
    — Levon Gasparian, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The truth, which will come out in the course of this case, is that the Times paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products.
    — Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The people on the phone produced a fake scan on Guthrie's laptop that said it had been hacked.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Perversely, when the two seek out the source of the gunfire and find a corpse hacked in half, their nonchalance is even worse.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The source said the website was not hacked because no access was gained to systems or content.
    — Zoe Magee, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The cantaloupe has been hacked into, exposing seeds and pale flesh.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The Clop site also claimed that the group had hacked Hatch Bank and provided 10 screenshots that appeared to confirm the claim.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But the circuit was very cool because now your CPU can know when someone’s trying to hack it.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Prince Harry launched the claim in 2019, alleging that his phone voicemails were hacked.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • What is the best way to protect your Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android devices from getting hacked?
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The corporate account of one of its engineers had been hacked.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Pasadena police are banking on a phone-hacking tool to solve a cold case murder.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The company’s website was later hacked and his team was forced to change to a more secure email system.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
  • There are entire Reddit threads and dozens of YouTube videos that teach kids how to hack their devices and sneak around behind parents backs.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This history stretches back at least as far as the 1950s, to the early days of phone phreaking, or hacking phone systems.
    — Rachel Metz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Officials described having to hack away at brush so thick that searchers even a few yards apart couldn’t see each other.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The paddlers quickly pulled off to the right bank, secured the canoes and set up camp, while a scouting party hacked their way through the brush to reconnoiter.
    — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But what if someone actually hacked their whole life with it?
    — Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The couple also sued a number of news outlets, accusing them of hacking their phones that same year.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The macro causes Office to download a .zip file from a legitimate website that has been hacked.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2023
  • To extricate Karth and her children, a rescue team equipped with hydraulic cutting tools hacked the car apart.
    — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • Savvy cybercriminals can hack into your phone, steal your voice and use it to drain your accounts.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The servers still have access to user data and can be subpoenaed by governments or hacked.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • The restaurant phone line was hacked, the Yelp profile was flooded with fake bad reviews, and people made reservations and never showed up.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The care also suggests the hands were removed after death, not hacked from living prisoners.
    — Byandrew Curry, science.org, 5 Apr. 2023
  • As the platform gained attention, a group of hackers known as The Impact Team hacked into the site and caused a catastrophic data breach.
    — Charna Flam, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • But why bother to travel 7,000 miles when the Chinese already know what the Commerce Secretary thinks from hacking her emails?
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 July 2023
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hack

2 of 2 noun
  • Reddit declined to comment on the record about the hack.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 19 June 2023
  • These design hacks make for the perfect pieces to wear from dinner to the beach.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But there are plenty of hacks of the Flipper and the Wi-Fi board themselves.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The evidence that this is a leak, and not a hack, appears strong.
    — Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Watch the video above to learn 6 fashion hacks to make clothes fit better.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But, the way the Padres are going, Juan Soto has to start taking hacks.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • This is a hack that an actress told me, which might sound gross to some people.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 3 June 2023
  • No matter the case, there are tips, tricks, and viral hacks that can make your hair grow fast.
    — Tomoko Takeda Canel, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
  • The first one is the Robert Morris hack, the Morris worm, the first hack that’s kind of brought down the public internet in 1988.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
  • Joe is just a hack and a slacker who everyone loves to hate.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The two then discuss hacks on how to keep your tree alive as long as possible.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Tonal dressing has long been a go-to styling hack to elevate a look.
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s what dermatologists had to say about the hack and the best ways to protect your hair.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The style hack has been used by Kate for several years and there’s a simple reason why.
    — Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The hack went undetected for years, according to the timeline on the blog post.
    — William Turton, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • Living in a studio apartment has taught me a lot of space-saving hacks.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Some of your favorite faces share the dos, dont's, lessons learned, and go-to beauty hacks that helped shape their skincare routines.
    — Essence, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Now, although hacks like this may be a bit out of our control, there are ways to keep your data safe and secure.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Try these timeless, DIY wall art hacks to decorate that pesky blank wall in your home.
    — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Here are seven of the best diaper-changing hacks that all new parents need in their lives.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Put organizing pros’ best hacks to work in your pantry.
    — Leslie J. Thompson, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
  • Details of the hack are complicated by the fact that much of Ukraine was under missile attacks around the same time.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In this second video, McIntyre also added one of our all-time favorite hacks: The hanger trick.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Two broad categories of bike racks eliminate the need for such awkward hacks: those that rest on the floor and those that must be mounted on the wall.
    — Cassandra Brooklyn, wsj.com, 3 May 2023
  • The basic recipe has been unchanged for years until our Test Kitchen stumbled across a new TikTok hack.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And a hack to host large holiday gatherings was foiled.
    — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The dress buttons up the front with a covered placket, and Swift wore it with a gold chain belt to accent the waist—a timeless styling hack to help jazz up a basic look.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Now, even as inflation rates have ebbed, the hack of keeping a price unchanged but just filling, say, your bag of chips with less food, hasn’t.
    — Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • So, when seemingly easy hacks pop up on TikTok, like cleaning coffee grinders with rice, many of us are quick to give it a try.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
  • Oh, and, travel hack: Take out your essentials and stuff them in the big-pocket pants before takeoff.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023

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