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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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Recent Examples of code
Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Just a few years ago, coding was pitched as the next big career track.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When the vision is clear, heritage brands can use this moment to refine and deepen their codes rather than reinvent them.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Altman didn't dispute that, saying the team intentionally optimized for one core use case: locally-run coding agents.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Just a few years ago, coding was pitched as the next big career track.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
Chapter 12 of the code states that a person convicted of a capital felony faces life in prison without the opportunity for parole or the death penalty.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When the vision is clear, heritage brands can use this moment to refine and deepen their codes rather than reinvent them.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
Noun
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But because of a different state law, that change would not take effect until after the midterms.—
Elena Shao,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Although the Bay Area sales tax hike and the statewide transit bond would have to go on the ballot for voter approval next year, SB 79 could become law this week if nothing is done to stop it.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).—
STEPHEN NASH,
New York Times,
25 July 2017
Noun
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However, a Minnesota court struck down the binary trigger ban, arguing that the legislature violated the state constitution’s single-subject clause by burying the ban inside a sprawling spending bill.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Plaintiffs argued establishing rulings without approval from the General Assembly goes against the Kentucky constitution.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Context-aware systems can unintentionally encode bias—such as penalizing certain industries’ cash flow cycles.—
Ron Shevlin,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps most unique, though, was the society's method of keeping records known as khipu, which involves a system of tying knots to encode information.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This security relies on protocols—like virtual private networks (VPN), transport layer security (TLS), Secure Shell (SSH)—and public key infrastructure (PKI), a system that uses one key to encrypt data and a separate key to decrypt it.—
Anand Oswal,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Secure your internet traffic by enabling a VPN to encrypt your data in transit.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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