Used in a Sentence

breaches

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for breaches.

Editorial note

The topic of the article is that the breaches have gone on for a significant fraction of a year.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of breaches gathered in one view.

noun

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

noun

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

noun

A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for breaches.

noun

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

noun

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

noun

A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.

noun

A breaking out upon; an assault.

Example sentences

1

The topic of the article is that the breaches have gone on for a significant fraction of a year.

2

He can't set the precedent for his millions of employees that blatent breaches of authority are an option.

3

If yes, then you need to have the equivalent of editorial processes, clear definitions you can communicate to users, declared processes for handling breaches of those definitions (and repeated breaches).

4

So it's perfectly reasonable for them to say they take security seriously and then have these breaches.

5

These aren't statements made to the board, they're PR statements made to outsiders after huge breaches of customer/employee personal info.

6

He doesn't have to (and shouldn't) establish that all breaches of authority are an option.

7

In fact, the more breaches, the more crimes, the more cops and prosecutors are needed.

8

It is clear that Chase does not consider the breaches too important to its business.

9

This Inwill guess is the least awful of a series of breaches to be released, as everyone falls over themselves to check their seals.

10

I've encountered this while doing some investigating into several breaches on some sites, the breaches didn't deface anything and they didn't seem like they cared to compromise the content of the site either.

11

UK citizens will have their information stolen in massive data breaches.

12

What specific, verifiable corrective action are we taking in order to prevent this kind and other kinds of breaches going forward?

Quote examples

1

Seems kind of like the "law of security testing" -- the lack of evidence of data breaches doesn't preclude the possibility of leaked data.

2

* Notice that my first point referred breaches of "authority", not of law or rules.

3

Being anywhere on that list of "hackable" cars [0] should be recognized as a significant problem, but manufacturers are continuing to blow off the core problem and only react to specific breaches.

4

Although a very "legal" issue, whether people have "standing" (i.e., the ability to sue in court) companies for data breaches will end up having ramifications for how seriously companies take security concerns.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use breaches in a sentence?

The topic of the article is that the breaches have gone on for a significant fraction of a year.

What does breaches mean?

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

What part of speech is breaches?

breaches is commonly used as noun.