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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 codes
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The National Recovery Administration made agreements with industries about work hours, pay rates and price-fixing, creating more than 500 codes of fair practice for many industries.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
An evolution of fall’s modern prep trend, the spring 2026 runways swapped country codes for literary references, grounding the collections with intellectual flair.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
If the bill passes and the FAA approves the name change, hundreds of aviation navigational charts, air traffic control documentation and airline avionics computer codes that allow pilots to safely operate aircraft might have to be changed to reflect the new airport name.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Audience questions were accepted only via QR codes sitting at everyone’s work stations, no doubt vetted by Apple staff before being directed to the moderators (who were pretty much exclusively talent, showrunners, authors or others directly from the title being promoted).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
For many people, medical billing codes can be confusing since they are written for insurers and billing departments, not patients.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The state defines substandard buildings as those where repair costs to bring a site up to building codes would exceed 15% of the cost of a full structure replacement, not counting energy improvements.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
About 87% of Connecticut ZIP codes meet that criteria, according to a CNBC analysis of Census Bureau data.
—Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
The Zyra, on the other hand, is a Ghillie pump informed by the design codes of sneakers.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The National Recovery Administration made agreements with industries about work hours, pay rates and price-fixing, creating more than 500 codes of fair practice for many industries.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
An evolution of fall’s modern prep trend, the spring 2026 runways swapped country codes for literary references, grounding the collections with intellectual flair.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
If the bill passes and the FAA approves the name change, hundreds of aviation navigational charts, air traffic control documentation and airline avionics computer codes that allow pilots to safely operate aircraft might have to be changed to reflect the new airport name.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Audience questions were accepted only via QR codes sitting at everyone’s work stations, no doubt vetted by Apple staff before being directed to the moderators (who were pretty much exclusively talent, showrunners, authors or others directly from the title being promoted).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
For many people, medical billing codes can be confusing since they are written for insurers and billing departments, not patients.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The state defines substandard buildings as those where repair costs to bring a site up to building codes would exceed 15% of the cost of a full structure replacement, not counting energy improvements.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
About 87% of Connecticut ZIP codes meet that criteria, according to a CNBC analysis of Census Bureau data.
—Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codes
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Denmark plans tougher deportation laws COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark unveiled a legal reform on Friday allowing foreigners who have been sentenced to at least one year of unconditional imprisonment for serious crimes to be deported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Advocate has steadily increased starting hourly pay since 2022, with annual raises often double the requirements of local minimum wage laws.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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Modern authoritarianism does not announce itself with tanks in the streets or the suspension of constitutions.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The larger point here is that the new justice and the governor are strong advocates of literalism and originalism — legal doctrines holding that constitutions and laws should be read precisely as the authors wrote and understood them.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Codes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codes. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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