Examples of code name in a Sentence
Every secret agent has a code name.
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Messages from the unnamed Tesla program manager to staffers referenced those code names in discussing the project’s termination.
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Hyunjoo Jin, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton’s dashing Duke of Hastings; Henry Golding, who won hearts in Crazy Rich Asians; and Lashana Lynch, who took on the 007 code name in the latest blockbuster while Bond was in exile.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Model Darya Makarova and her boyfriend military officer, code name Grizzly.
—Venya Brykalin, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Geopolitically, things seem to have deteriorated, which created an interesting milieu for my spy — code name Kane — to inhabit.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Reports over the years suggest that the company started working on the EV—which is rumored to have used the code names Titan and T172—in earnest back in 2014.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
This new mission also has a snappy code name—Silent Barker—and an eye-catching mission patch, which isn't unusual for launches with NRO spy satellites.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Aug. 2023
The sovereign has hesitations and her mind is in other places, as her advisors guide her to plan for Operation London Bridge — the code name for her funeral arrangements.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
Fox, the code name of a taciturn soldier who turned up for treatment along with Flint, prefers to walk alongside the chestnut mare, Gesha, rather than ride her.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
Hyunjoo Jin, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton’s dashing Duke of Hastings; Henry Golding, who won hearts in Crazy Rich Asians; and Lashana Lynch, who took on the 007 code name in the latest blockbuster while Bond was in exile.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Model Darya Makarova and her boyfriend military officer, code name Grizzly.
—Venya Brykalin, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Geopolitically, things seem to have deteriorated, which created an interesting milieu for my spy — code name Kane — to inhabit.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Reports over the years suggest that the company started working on the EV—which is rumored to have used the code names Titan and T172—in earnest back in 2014.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
This new mission also has a snappy code name—Silent Barker—and an eye-catching mission patch, which isn't unusual for launches with NRO spy satellites.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Aug. 2023
The sovereign has hesitations and her mind is in other places, as her advisors guide her to plan for Operation London Bridge — the code name for her funeral arrangements.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
Fox, the code name of a taciturn soldier who turned up for treatment along with Flint, prefers to walk alongside the chestnut mare, Gesha, rather than ride her.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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