as in law
a collection or system of rules of conduct
Hammurabi was an ancient king of Babylon with a famous code of laws the tax code
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Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
For Bonhomme and Anthony, the imperative was to mix codes and break the rules.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
Cacioppo—who taught herself to code from books before writing Vanta’s first prototype—now oversees roughly 1,000 employees.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Potential for harm The executive order expresses concern about AI systems that can discover software vulnerabilities and write malicious code to exploit them.
—Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
For Bonhomme and Anthony, the imperative was to mix codes and break the rules.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
Verb
Programmers had to find ways to code equations as efficiently as possible.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
Cacioppo—who taught herself to code from books before writing Vanta’s first prototype—now oversees roughly 1,000 employees.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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Under Florida law, a first-time DUI conviction can carry penalties that include fines, probation, community service and a driver's license suspension, though any potential penalties in this case would depend on the outcome of court proceedings.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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For Claire Gregory, however, that expectation never fully aligned with reality, despite earning her law degree, passing two bar exams and working across various areas of the legal field.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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An Enigma ciphering machine that was donated to the museum by telecommunications company SIRTI.Photo: Cantalupi, Pavia One of the artifacts from SIRTI collection was a German ciphering machine used in World War II, an Enigma, Savini says.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2020
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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday moved forward with a wide-ranging package of potential revisions to the city’s constitution, including taking a first step toward giving noncitizens the right to vote in city elections.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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In that decision, the high court laid out a new test for courts to apply when considering the constitution of a gun law.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Teaching kids to think critically and have fun offline will be far better skills to encode in their brains for the rest of their lives than scrolling.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Scientists sequence a patient's tumor to identify up to 34 unique molecular fingerprints called neoantigens and encode them into a custom vaccine.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Most cloud computing services encrypt data in transit and at rest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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