This is a super thought-provoking read: "your password doesn't matter": https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/your-paword-doesnt-matter/731984
It looks at all of the major failure cases of passwords, pointing out that only one password complexity choice (avoiding a password in the top 10) really influences those failure modes.
The rest can only be addressed with MFA.
Lee Holmes :donor:
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