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
Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Both kids have liked coding more as Kids Camp has gone on.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Starting this Sunday on National Fried Chicken Day (7/6), guests can get a FREE Chicken Shack with any $10 purchase using promo code CHICKENSUNDAY via the Shack App, online at shakeshack.com, or in-Shack at the kiosk.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 6 July 2025
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Noun
The indictment accused Valle of falsely coding several diagnoses, including two particular diagnoses highlighted by prosecutors, to boost Medicare reimbursements by about $12 million.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Both kids have liked coding more as Kids Camp has gone on.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Verb
The Oak Lawn Village Board has updated village code and the fire union’s contract to allow room for the promotions of three firefighters once a captain retires later this month.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Starting this Sunday on National Fried Chicken Day (7/6), guests can get a FREE Chicken Shack with any $10 purchase using promo code CHICKENSUNDAY via the Shack App, online at shakeshack.com, or in-Shack at the kiosk.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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The House passed the Senate version of the BBB on July 3; President Trump signed the bill into law on July 4th.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Sotomayor wrote her own dissent of the majority’s ruling that fuel producers can challenge California emissions standards under a federal air pollution law.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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The Montana Supreme Court ruled last year that the state’s parental consent law violated the privacy clause in Montana’s constitution.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Let these words echo in the constitution of Syria, the laws, the spirit, and the daily life of the country—words that are worthy of repeating: Syria for all Syrians.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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Power is no longer drawn on maps—it’s encoded in algorithms, quantified in processing speeds and protected by cryptographic systems.—
Markus Pflitsch,
Forbes.com,
24 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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Data encrypted now may be harvested and decrypted later.—
Dino DiMarino,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Skip the bulky trackers that require you to download new apps, that don't encrypt your communications, and don’t make a sound when your belongings are detected.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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