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
Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Historical artifacts include an Enigma coding machine from the museum’s U-505 submarine.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 31 July 2025
The new parking meter regulations will go into effect immediately, changing the city’s current code, according to the ordinance.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2025
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Noun
What Is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is a relatively new term that refers to writing software with the help of large language models.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Historical artifacts include an Enigma coding machine from the museum’s U-505 submarine.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Verb
Hospitals in Taif declared a code yellow emergency, which signifies a disaster or mass casualty event, according to CNN News 18.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 31 July 2025
The new parking meter regulations will go into effect immediately, changing the city’s current code, according to the ordinance.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
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In 1965: In a landmark moment for health care, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed amendments to the Social Securities Act of 1935 into law, creating two federal health programs: Medicare and Medicaid.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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Tuscaloosa's first brewpub, opening after Alabama passed a 2009 gourmet beer law, spotlights musicians, writers and other artists in its Moon Room, serves stylized pub food with indoor-outdoor dining and offers classic pinball, video and board games inside.—
Susan Stapleton,
The Tennessean,
31 July 2025
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The white supremacists who wrote the Texas constitutions of 1866 and 1876 ensured that schooling for Black and white students remained inherently separate and unequal.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Why does a judge swear to discharge his duties agreeably to the constitution of the United States, if that constitution forms no rule for his government?—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
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The genes of many viruses are encoded in RNA, which was not studied during this project.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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This overcoming is explicitly encoded in the liturgy: Receiving the Eucharist is a reunion with the body of Christ.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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With no personal data and encrypted, invite-only group chats called Coqui Communities, there's no central vault to hack.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
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Tom then searches for incriminating files which are, naturally, encrypted.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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