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Every secret agent has a code name.
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The Mossad had code names for each of the teams and their assignments, which were based on combinations of musical notes.
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Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Once the code names have been correctly tallied with the film, the financial statements of the relevant FPC can be consulted to reveal how much the movie cost to make.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Charlie ultimately forms an alliance with the spy he’s been corresponding with for five years under the code name Inquiline, who turns out to be…a bit too much of a pussycat.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by a group of scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, the code name for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Once the code names have been correctly tallied with the film, the financial statements of the relevant FPC can be consulted to reveal how much the movie cost to make.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Charlie ultimately forms an alliance with the spy he’s been corresponding with for five years under the code name Inquiline, who turns out to be…a bit too much of a pussycat.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by a group of scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, the code name for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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