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
Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Tension builds as personal loyalties clash with underworld codes against the storied Sicilian backdrop of Corleone.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Jackie Snow, Quartz, 7 June 2025
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding, as well as billing/coding with groups like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have to be updated.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 31 May 2025
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Noun
Sign up today and use coupon code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 30% off $97 (+taxes and fees) through July 15, 2025.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Tension builds as personal loyalties clash with underworld codes against the storied Sicilian backdrop of Corleone.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Verb
Google’s developer conference was a showcase of AI muscle-flexing: new models that generate music in real-time, realistic video creation from simple prompts, coding assistants that can tackle entire backlogs, and text-to-speech capabilities with customizable voices and accents.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 7 June 2025
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding, as well as billing/coding with groups like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have to be updated.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 31 May 2025
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And American law, then as now, tends to favor legacy over hustle.—
Aron Solomon
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Idaho Supreme Court says Sánchez vacated her seat In an opinion written by Justice Gregory Moeller, the Supreme Court disagreed with Sánchez on three essential points surrounding the Idaho law cited by the City Council.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
24 June 2025
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It was filed in 2023 by two Virginians who are ineligible to vote under the state constitution’s lifetime voting ban for people convicted of felonies.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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These legal documents, essentially city constitutions, enable municipalities to retain greater control over some local concerns related to the city police force, city administration, city elections and bidding processes for public contracts.—
Jonathan Horwitz,
Oc Register,
20 June 2025
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But the Harbin skull still contains enough of its original proteins to tell a different story: A few of them matched specific proteins from Denisovan bones and teeth, as encoded in Denisovan DNA.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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This is what inequity looks like when it’s encoded in policy: a financial incentive to treat men first, and women later — if at all.—
Christine Brennan,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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Just a ghost in the RAM, stealing data or encrypting files until the system reboots.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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The first order of business is to make sure your smartphone’s contents are encrypted.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
12 June 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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