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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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Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
China is also making rapid progress in open-source models—systems where the underlying model parameters and code are made publicly available—which Bengio warned could ultimately pose an even greater danger than powerful systems like Mythos.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
Improper installation and poor repairs Many home warranty policies exclude problems that result from improper installation, installation that’s not up to code and even issues caused by improper repairs.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Meanwhile, the rollout of India’s new four labor codes, intended to replace a patchwork of older laws, formally began on April 1, though implementation depends on individual states finalizing their own rules.
—Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
China is also making rapid progress in open-source models—systems where the underlying model parameters and code are made publicly available—which Bengio warned could ultimately pose an even greater danger than powerful systems like Mythos.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
An agent can, in theory, be dispatched to code a complete software program, or to plan and book a vacation, or to generate a job listing and select among the people who answer it, without being directed to take each step in the process.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
Improper installation and poor repairs Many home warranty policies exclude problems that result from improper installation, installation that’s not up to code and even issues caused by improper repairs.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
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The store is owned by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on their tribal land and licensed under their cannabis ordinance, which sets rules and regulations consistent with Minnesota laws, according the tribe.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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But Arizona law remains unchanged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 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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In an election with the highest voter turnout in Hungary’s democratic history, Magyar’s Tisza Party won a two-thirds supermajority, enough to alter the constitution that Orban had rewritten to shore up his power.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Unlike many other states, Florida’s constitution bans partisan gerrymandering.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Scientists sequenced the genomes of organisms to catalog all of their DNA, learning how genes encode the proteins that carry out life’s functions.—
Stephen D. Turner,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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By using bursts of infrared light—rather than microwaves—from a laser to encode data, these systems can move far more information than traditional systems and can often do so with a smaller and lighter device.—
Adam Bluestein,
Scientific American,
5 Apr. 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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