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Every secret agent has a code name.
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Last month, the Information reported that Meta had scrapped its most advanced chip focused on training AI models, known by the code name Olympus, after struggling with its design, shifting instead to focus on a less complicated version.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
The musketeer names are code names so that these resistance operatives can keep their real identities secret.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Military operation code names aren't random.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
In the modern era, code names for operations are a chance for an administration to project an image of how a mission is going.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
The musketeer names are code names so that these resistance operatives can keep their real identities secret.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Military operation code names aren't random.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
In the modern era, code names for operations are a chance for an administration to project an image of how a mission is going.
—Matt Brown, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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