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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Recent Examples of code
Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026
Military members, be sure to use the specific Hertz discount code 2306779.
—Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Rose Evans
updated March 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
These systems can now write software and launch programs without users ever learning to code.
—David Stout, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Educational opportunity should not be limited by a family’s ZIP code or financial resources.
—Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026
Military members, be sure to use the specific Hertz discount code 2306779.
—Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
Montague said dispatchers typically know to code calls as road rage — versus a traditional traffic complaint — when two or more drivers are involved.
—Rose Evans
updated March 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
These systems can now write software and launch programs without users ever learning to code.
—David Stout, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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Through a request under a Kentucky open-records law, KFF Health News obtained an informed consent form for the AL16 study used at a public institution, the University of Louisville.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Martha’s father, a law professor, had trained her to be a rational, step-by-step arguer.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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Sharaa, who has signed a five-year transitional document that serves as a de facto constitution, seems aware of the risks and has thus far been able to outflank his potential rivals and saboteurs, keeping his country out of the ongoing regional war.—
Alvaro Vargas Llosa,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Voters, in approving adding gambling to the state constitution, approved language assigning up to 15,000 slot machines divided between those facilities.—
Bryan P. Sears,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2026
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One solution is to encode information into logical qubits that can detect and handle such errors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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These particles would encode the bits of a unique serial number.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
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In other words: not end-to-end encrypted, but far from an open book.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Community College of Beaver County is under a cyberattack, with unknown bad actors encrypting all college data and demanding ransom payments to lift it.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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